That being said, we are a Christian journal, and we a...

Welcome to Kallisto Gaia Press, home of "The Ocotillo Review" and "The Texas Poetry Calendar". We are a nonprofit literary organization supporting writers at all stages of their careers. Although we welcome experimental or unusual approaches to literature, our goal is to promote finely crafted work with an expressive and meaningful voice. We pay our contributors upon publication because we feel that too much art is take...

Geminga is a neutron star so small it was difficult to detect. It was named, in part, for a transcription of gh’è minga, meaning “it’s not there.”

Sunspot Lit set up Geminga: $250 for Tiny Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, or Art to honor the power of the small. No restrictions on theme or category. Word limit is 100 for fiction and ...

Adolescence is a great time to learn about the power of gratitude, practice thankfulness, and to appreciate the blessings in your life, including your friends and family. These are skills that preteens and teenagers need to develop as part of social and emotional learning.

We are collecting stories for TWO books—one for preteens (ages 9-12) and one for teenagers (ages 13-19). Pl...

Our Earthly Home - Remember this theme is a guideline to help you generate a story! These topics are meant to help not hinder your writing! We are just looking for anything that even hints at our monthly theme. Such as the story can take place on a mountain or in a forest or maybe there is a mountain on a label of a water bottle. Maybe the forest is a bunch of broccoli on your plate! Maybe y...

Empowering stories (written by anyone) whose main characters embody the Wild Woman spirit. The Wild Woman takes on many forms: rebels, subversives, and the untamed; maidens, mothers, queens, and crones; Holy women, healers, explorers, artists, and teachers. Can be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Award: $1,000 and publication. Entry fee: $20. Deadline: March 8, 2022.

Unpublished poems up to 40 lines.

Deadline: March 15, 2022

Non-members may enter most contests at $1.00 per poem (except $5.00 for each entry in Contest 1-NFSPS Founders Award). Members may enter up to 10 contests for $1.00 per poem or $10.00 total for entries in more than 10 contests (except for Contest 1-NFS...

Deadline: 03/15/2022. Fees: $10 for 3 poems. 

Submit 1-3 poems in a single document. Begin each poem on a separate page. Do n...

Poems must NOT have been previously published or won ANY prize.

Categories: Adult Fiction, Flash Fiction, Fiction for Children and Young Adults, Non-fiction, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Traditional Poetry, and Free Verse Poetry.

Awards/Prizes: First Place (all categories) $75, Second Place (all categories)$50, Third...

Email entries will now be accepted as well as postal entries. Theme: Haiku are to be written in the spirit of the following “Speculation” (R...

Age Groups: Grades 3, 4, and 5, Grades 6, 7, and 8, High School, Adult

Short Story Length: Grades 3 through 8: 1-4 pages, double-spaced.

High School and Adult: 3-5 pages, typewritten, double-spaced.

Poetry Length: A m...

We publish only nonfiction in Readers Write. Feel free to submit your work under "Name Withheld" if it allows you to be more honest, but be sure to include yo...

We accept previously unpublished work in many genres of fiction as well as memoir. We accept previously unpublished poetry. We do not accept essays or other nonfiction genres. We do not accept horror or erotica. This means no graphic violence, no overt sex...

Winners will receive the following:

(The Poetry Box® may offer publication to a few finalists, dependent upon the quantity/quality of each year’s submissio...

Guidelines for submissions:

Submit up to three poems (no longer than a page each) or three flash fictions (750 to 1,000 words each), or one short story, novel or memoir excerpt, or a personal essay (up to 5,000 words). There are separate categories for ea...

That being said, we are a Christian journal, and we a...

Welcome to Kallisto Gaia Press, home of "The Ocotillo Review" and "The Texas Poetry Calendar". We are a nonprofit literary organization supporting writers at all stages of their careers. Although we welcome experimental or unusual approaches to literature, our goal is to promote finely crafted work with an expressive and meaningful voice. We pay our contributors upon publication because we feel that too much art is take...

Geminga is a neutron star so small it was difficult to detect. It was named, in part, for a transcription of gh’è minga, meaning “it’s not there.”

Sunspot Lit set up Geminga: $250 for Tiny Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, or Art to honor the power of the small. No restrictions on theme or category. Word limit is 100 for fiction and ...

Adolescence is a great time to learn about the power of gratitude, practice thankfulness, and to appreciate the blessings in your life, including your friends and family. These are skills that preteens and teenagers need to develop as part of social and emotional learning.

We are collecting stories for TWO books—one for preteens (ages 9-12) and one for teenagers (ages 13-19). Pl...

Our Earthly Home - Remember this theme is a guideline to help you generate a story! These topics are meant to help not hinder your writing! We are just looking for anything that even hints at our monthly theme. Such as the story can take place on a mountain or in a forest or maybe there is a mountain on a label of a water bottle. Maybe the forest is a bunch of broccoli on your plate! Maybe y...

Empowering stories (written by anyone) whose main characters embody the Wild Woman spirit. The Wild Woman takes on many forms: rebels, subversives, and the untamed; maidens, mothers, queens, and crones; Holy women, healers, explorers, artists, and teachers. Can be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Award: $1,000 and publication. Entry fee: $20. Deadline: March 8, 2022.

Unpublished poems up to 40 lines.

Deadline: March 15, 2022

Non-members may enter most contests at $1.00 per poem (except $5.00 for each entry in Contest 1-NFSPS Founders Award). Members may enter up to 10 contests for $1.00 per poem or $10.00 total for entries in more than 10 contests (except for Contest 1-NFS...

Deadline: 03/15/2022. Fees: $10 for 3 poems. 

Submit 1-3 poems in a single document. Begin each poem on a separate page. Do n...

Poems must NOT have been previously published or won ANY prize.

Categories: Adult Fiction, Flash Fiction, Fiction for Children and Young Adults, Non-fiction, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Traditional Poetry, and Free Verse Poetry.

Awards/Prizes: First Place (all categories) $75, Second Place (all categories)$50, Third...

Email entries will now be accepted as well as postal entries. Theme: Haiku are to be written in the spirit of the following “Speculation” (R...

Age Groups: Grades 3, 4, and 5, Grades 6, 7, and 8, High School, Adult

Short Story Length: Grades 3 through 8: 1-4 pages, double-spaced.

High School and Adult: 3-5 pages, typewritten, double-spaced.

Poetry Length: A m...

We publish only nonfiction in Readers Write. Feel free to submit your work under "Name Withheld" if it allows you to be more honest, but be sure to include yo...

We accept previously unpublished work in many genres of fiction as well as memoir. We accept previously unpublished poetry. We do not accept essays or other nonfiction genres. We do not accept horror or erotica. This means no graphic violence, no overt sex...

Winners will receive the following:

(The Poetry Box® may offer publication to a few finalists, dependent upon the quantity/quality of each year’s submissio...

Guidelines for submissions:

Submit up to three poems (no longer than a page each) or three flash fictions (750 to 1,000 words each), or one short story, novel or memoir excerpt, or a personal essay (up to 5,000 words). There are separate categories for ea...