March has come to an end, and April is finally here, bringing with it the promise of warmer weather and the opportunity to stay indoors and focus on our writing. However, it seems that the weather has other plans, with blustery conditions that are more suitable for huddling up with a good book than taking a walk outside. If you’re like me, you’re probably looking for ways to stay productive and make the most of the time you have. Why not try your hand at writing and submitting some of your work? NewPages is here to help, with our weekly round-up of submission opportunities.

Calls for Submissions

• Kerouac Project Writers Residency – Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays ($50 fee, deadline: April 14, 2025)
• Blink-Ink – Issue 60: Seeds, fiction, no fee, deadline: April 15, 2025
• The Hamilton Stone Review – Issue #52, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, no fee, deadline: April 30, 2025
• Konsume Media – Konsume Magazine Relaunch, nonfiction, journalism, interviews, no fee, deadline: April 30, 2025
• Light Magazine – Issue 5, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography, no fee, deadline: May 1, 2025
• Megacity Review – Volume 2, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, $10 fee, payment: up to $1,000, deadline: May 1, 2025
• Oyster River Pages – Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography, no fee, deadline: May 1, 2025
• RABBLE REVIEW – Issue 9, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, graphic narratives, reviews, art, photography, no fee, deadline: May 4, 2025
• Heron Tree – Found poetry, no fee, deadline: May 15, 2025
• Magazine1 – Issue 4, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, translations, art, photography, no fee ($5 tip jar option), payment: $40 Bookstore Gift Card, deadline: May 24, 2025
• Black Fox Literary Magazine – Summer 2025 Issue, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, no fee, deadline: May 31, 2025
• Sheila-Na-Gig Editions – AMPLIFY — An Anthology by Black Poets, Indigenous Poets, and Other Poets of Color, poetry, no fee, deadline: May 31, 2025
• Red Shoe Press – 2026 Oregon Poetry Contest: The Water Around Us, poetry, no fee, deadline: May 31, 2025
• Superpresent – Movement-themed Issue, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video, no fee, deadline: June 1, 2025
• Gold Man Review – Issue 15, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, no fee, deadline: June 15, 2025
• Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore – Open Submission Period, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, no fee, deadline: June 15, 2025
• #Ranger – Issue 11, fiction, nonfiction, poetry cross-genre, art, audio, video, no fee, deadline: July 15, 2025
• DuFrank Lit – Fiction, no fee, submissions reopen July 1, deadline: September 30, 2025
• Kings River Review – Fall 2025 Issue, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, translations, art, no fee, deadline: October 15, 2025
• Blue Mountain Review – Prose, poetry, music, visual art, $5 fee, deadline: Year-round
• The Capra Review – Fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre, art, photography, video, no fee, deadline: Year-round
• Changing Skies – Creative nonfiction, poetry, art, no fee, deadline: Rolling
• Decolonial Passage – Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, no fee, deadline: Rolling
• Driftwood Press – Fiction, poetry, comics, visual art, novellas, poetry collections, comic collections, graphic novels, fees vary, paying market, deadline: Year-round
• Fahmidan Journal – Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, no fee, payment: $15, deadline: Year-round
• Feels Blind Literary – Fiction, nonfiction, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, $3 fee, free submissions on Monday, deadline: Rolling
• Hindsight Journal – Art, photography, creative nonfiction, poetry, no fee, deadline: Rolling
• Jewish Fiction (formerly Jewish Fiction.net) – Fiction, translation, no fee, deadline: Rolling
• Kaleidoscope – Articles, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, book reviews, visual art, no fee, payment: $10-$100, deadline: Year-round
• New Verse News – Current events poetry, no fee, deadline: Year-round
• Palooka – Chapbook manuscripts, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography, graphic narratives, comic strips, $3 fee, payment: Copies, deadline: Year-round
• Philly Poetry Chapbook Review – Poetry book/chapbook excerpts, interviews, reviews, no fee, deadline: Year-round
• Writing Contests
  • Fall for the Book – New American Voices Award, fiction, nonfiction, $20 fee, prize: $5,000 (winner), $1,000 (2 finalists)
  • Epiphany – Breakout! Prize, poetry, prose, $20 fee, prize: $1,000, publication, 1-year subscription to Epiphany
  • The Missouri Review – 5th Annual Perkoff Prize, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, $15 fee, prize: $1,000 and publication
  • Passager – Poetry Contest, poetry, $20 fee, prize: $1,000, interview, publication of multiple poems
  • Sunspot Lit – Goldilocks Zone, short story, novel or novella excerpt, essay, art, graphic novel, poetry, $5 entry fee, prize: $500 and publication
  • Ashland Poetry Press – 2025 Richard Snyder Memorial Book Prize, poetry, $27 fee, prize: $1,000 and book publication
  • Light Magazine – Issue 5, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography, $5 fee, first prize: $500 and publication
  • Press Pause Press – 2025 Beautiful Pause Prize, poetry collections, $25 fee, prize: $1,000 and print publication
  • Willow Springs Books – Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize, poetry, $25 fee, prize: $2,000 and book publication
  • Winning Writers – Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest, fiction, nonfiction, $25 fee, grand prize: $3,500 and online publication
  • Santa Clara Review – Flash Takes Flight, fiction, nonfiction, $10 fee, prize: $200 and publication
  • Ploughshares – Emerging Writers Prize, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, $30 fee, prize: $2,000, publication, and conversation with Aevitas Creative Management
  • New Letters – Conger Beasley Jr. Award, nonfiction, $24 fee, prize: $2,500 and publication
  • New Letters – Patricia Cleary Miller Award, poetry, $24 fee, prize: $2,500 and publication
  • New Letters – Robert Day Award, fiction, $24 fee, prize: $2,500 and publication
  • Livingston Press – Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse, fiction, no fee, prize: $500, book publication, and copies
  • Baltimore Review – Summer Contest, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, prose poetry, $8 fee, prize: $400 and publication
  • What Book Press – Gronk Nicandro First Book Prize, fiction, nonfiction, $25 fee, prize: $500, publication, and 50 copies
  • Black Fox Literary Magazine – Spring Fox Tales Prize: Mixed Messages, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, $12 fee, prize: $325 and print publication
  • L’Esprit Literary Review – 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose, fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre, $10 fee, grand prize: $500 and publication
  • Bellevue Literary Review – The Felice Buckvar Prize, nonfiction, $20 fee, prize: $1,000 and publication
  • Bellevue Literary Review – The Goldenberg Prize, fiction, $20 fee, prize: $1,000 and publication
  • Bellevue Literary Review – The John & Eileen Allman Prize, poetry, $20 fee, prize: $1,000 and publication
  • Orison Books – 2025 Orison Chapbook Prize, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, $15 fee, prize: $300 and chapbook publication
  • Driftwood Press – Adrift Chapbook Contest, poetry, $25 fee, first prize: $750, publication, 20 author copies

  Writing Contests

  • Fall for the Book – New American Voices Award, fiction, nonfiction, $20 fee, prize: $5,000 (winner), $1,000 (2 finalists)
  • Epiphany – Breakout! Selected writers stay free with utilities covered and receive $600 stipend for food and supplies. $50 April 14, 2025 Blink-Ink Issue 60: Seeds. Fiction. No fee. No fee April 15, 2025 The Hamilton Stone Review Issue #52. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. No fee April 30, 2025 Konsume Media Konsume Magazine Relaunch. Nonfiction, journalism, interviews. No fee. No fee April 30, 2025 Light Magazine Issue 5. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography. No fee general submissions. No fee general submissions May 1, 2025 Megacity Review Volume 2. Fiction, nonfiction, art, photography. $10 fee. $10 fee May 1, 2025 Oyster River Pages Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. No fee May 1, 2025 RABBLE REVIEW Issue 9. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, graphic narratives, reviews, art, photography. No fee. No fee May 4, 2025 Heron Tree Found poetry. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, translations, art, photography, no fee ($5 tip jar option). $5 tip jar option May 24, 2025 Black Fox Literary Magazine Summer 2025 Issue. No fee. No fee May 31, 2025 Sheila-Na-Gig Editions AMPLIFY — An Anthology by Black Poets, Indigenous Poets, and Other Poets of Color. Poetry. No fee. No fee May 31, 2025 Red Shoe Press 2026 Oregon Poetry Contest: The Water Around Us. No Fee. No fee May 31, 2025 Superpresent Movement-themed Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. No fee June 1, 2025 Gold Man Review Issue 15. No fee. No fee June 15, 2025 Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore Open Submission Period. Nonfiction, interviews, reviews. No fee. No fee June 15, 2025 #Ranger Issue 11. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry cross-genre, art, audio, video. No fee. No fee July 15, 2025 DuFrank Lit Fiction. No fee. No fee September 30, 2025

    Writing Contests

    • Fall for the Book – New American Voices Award
    • Epiphany – Breakout! Prize
    • The Missouri Review – 5th Annual Perkoff Prize
    • Passager – Poetry Contest
    • Sunspot Lit – Goldilocks Zone
    • Ashland Poetry Press – 2025 Richard Snyder Memorial Book Prize
    • Light Magazine – Issue 5
    • Press Pause Press – 2025 Beautiful Pause Prize
    • Willow Springs Books – Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize
    • Winning Writers – Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
    • Santa Clara Review – Flash Takes Flight
    • Ploughshares – Emerging Writers Prize
    • New Letters – Conger Beasley Jr. Award
    • New Letters – Patricia Cleary Miller Award
    • New Letters – Robert Day Award
    • Livingston Press – Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse
    • Baltimore Review – Summer Contest
    • What Book Press – Gronk Nicandro First Book Prize
    • Black Fox Literary Magazine – Spring Fox Tales Prize: Mixed Messages
    • L’Esprit Literary Review – 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
    • Bellevue Literary Review – The Felice Buckvar Prize
    • Bellevue Literary Review – The Goldenberg Prize
    • Bellevue Literary Review – The John & Eileen Allman Prize
    • Orison Books – 2025 Orison Chapbook Prize
    • Driftwood Press – Adrift Chapbook Contest

    Make the most of Feb’s submissions update: 59 new opportunities

    If you’re looking for ways to stay productive and make the most of the time you have, try writing and submitting some of your work. The first step is to find the right opportunity for you. Look at our list of calls for submissions and see if any of the 59 opportunities match your writing style and genre. Some of the calls for submissions have a deadline of April 14, 2025, while others have a deadline of May 31, 2025. Make sure to check the deadline for each opportunity before submitting your work. Once you’ve found an opportunity that you’re interested in, make sure to read the submission guidelines carefully. Each opportunity has its own set of rules and requirements, so make sure you understand what the editor is looking for before submitting your work. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get accepted into a contest or publication right away. Keep trying and submitting your work, and eventually, you’ll find success. As you work on your writing, don’t forget to stay organized and keep track of your submissions. Use a spreadsheet or a tool like Submittable to help you stay on top of your submissions and deadlines. By making the most of Feb’s submissions update, you can stay productive and make the most of your time. Remember to stay focused, work hard, and believe in yourself. With persistence and dedication, you can achieve your writing goals.