Instant Noodles is looking for flash prose (up to 500 words) fiction and nonfiction, as well as poetry, drama, visual art, and multi-media submissions. No theme - For their last issue of the year, you can choose any theme you want. Try writing a story about yourself, something you observed, or something entirely imaginary. Create a video, a picture, even combine two mediums.
Emerging writers are invited to apply in one of three categories: novels, short stories, or poetry. Upon completion of this intensive development programme, the writer is assisted in submitting their manuscript for publication to an appropriate publisher.
The Anthology Travel Writing Competition is open to original and previously unpublished travel articles in the English language by writers of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. They are looking for an engaging article that will capture the reader’s attention, conveying a strong sense of the destination and the local culture.
Proposed chapters can be in any language and take the form of creative writing (poems, short stories or other texts), personal reflective essays, academic studies or translations of her poems (three to six poems, with an accompanying reflective or academic essay on the translation process).
Have you completed the first draft of your novel? Are you ready to pass it on to a fresh pair of eyes, to see if you are on the right track? Is your all-important first chapter ready for submission to an agent? Whatever your plans, your first chapter must shine – it must grab your readers or quickly lose their interest.
The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is awarded annually to an African poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry. The winner receives USD $1000 and book publication through the University of Nebraska Press. Submissions are open between 15 September to 1 December.
This competition is open to unpublished poems of any length, on any subject. Your £12 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems.
Klyntji publiseer soms versamelings van gedigte, maar nie kortverhale nie, aktuele essays wel. Onderhoude, verkenningstukke of features, korter nuusstories en resensies word dikwels gepubliseer. Klyntji poog om by te dra tot die dokumentering van kultuur, ook om argiefmateriaal en akademiese navorsing op te delf vir groter toeganklikheid en breër verwysing.
Batis Books are currently interested in novels written by writers from or living in Southern Africa or Scotland. They are also open to approaches for collections of poetry, short fiction, and narrative non-fiction, and for translations of works into English from other languages.
Literary Latitude invite poetry, short stories, essays, and artwork that speak to the environment, gender, cultural plurality, translation, and the human condition at large to its debut issue, Volume 1, Issue 1 (2027 Edition). This is a space for voices that engage seriously with the world through creative and critical writing. Whether you are an emerging or established writer, they welcome your work.
The 2027 Disquiet Prize is now open for submissions. Entries are accepted in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Only previously unpublished work in English can be submitted. They accept entries from all ages 18 and over, from all countries, by authors who have not yet published more than one full-length book in any genre. You do not have to have published anything to be eligible. Chapbooks and other shorter publications will not effect eligibility.
Longleaf Press publishes poetry and prose of exceptional literary merit by both established and emerging authors. They are interested in language that is not merely reflective but transformative. The press holds an annual contest and publishes at least one book a year.
Following the splashing success of their 2026 Short Story Competition, they are thrilled to announce that the contest is back. Claret Press is open for stories that reflect today's politics. All genres and styles of writing are welcome—you can write anything from horror to slice-of-life, and your tone can be as earnest or satirical as you’d like.
Die LAPA-Jeugromankompetisie lok elke twee jaar van ons land se bekendste en gewildste skrywers vanuit alle genres en ouderdomsgroepe. Met verhoogde prysgeld vir die volgende kompetisie, hoop LAPA-Uitgewers om sommer ’n hele klomp nuwe storievertellers aan te spoor om die pen op te neem en kreatief te raak.