Four paying markets for fiction, poetry & true stories, plus a poetry contest

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Confrontation Magazine seeks fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Pays $175-$250 for fiction, $75-$100 per work for poetry. 

Deadline: April 15, 2018. Guidelines here.

Third Flatiron seek Speculative fiction, Space opera, SF, physics for an anthology on the theme is "Galileo's Theme Park." Pays 6 cents/word.

Deadline: April 15, 2018. Guidelines here.

Spider Magazine, published by Cricket Media, seeks stories, poems, articles for children on theme of Over the Rainbow. 

"We are looking for LGBTQAI+ inclusive fiction, poetry, and nonfiction manuscripts. We would like to see warm family stories, an entire story without gender pronouns, children with different gender expressions, and gentle realistic or metaphorical coming out stories. We are especially interested in matter-of-fact stories where being different isn’t the heart of the story, but part of the character’s identity." 

Pays: Stories and articles: up to 25¢ per word, Poems: up to $3.00 per line; $25.00 minimum, Activities and recipes: $75.00 flat rate. 

Deadline: April 15, 2018. Guidelines here.
See submission information on other Cricket Media magazines for young people here.

Dear Brian,

My name is Cason and I represent Vallum, a contemporary poetry journal published two times per year in Montreal. Our magazine and contributors have won some of literature’s highest honours, including the Pulitzer Prize, Pushcart Prizes, the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Governor General’s Award, National Magazine Awards, and a lot more.

Vallum is accepting original and previously unpublished poetry chapbook manuscript submissions for the Vallum Chapbook Award 2018! 

Entry fee: $25

CONTEST RULES: 

1.       The $25 entry fee covers 1 chapbook submission of 12-20 pages.  Do not label your chapbook with your name or address; instead include a cover letter with all pertinent information. 

2.       Chapbooks may be on any theme or subject, but must be original and not previously published (individual poems appearing in the manuscript that have been published elsewhere are fine).

3.       The winning chapbook will receive publication as part of the Vallum Chapbook Series and a $300 prize, plus promotion via social media and website. Selections from the chapbook will also be published in our print and digital magazine. 

 Send us your best work!

 Deadline April 30 2018. Full submission guidelines here.

Thank you again for your support. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. 

Best,

Cason

Vallum Society for Education in Arts and Letters

Writers Digest Annual Contest:

$15,000+ in prizes; $30 entry fee. Wide variety of categories in which to enter:

·         Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious)

·         Memoirs/Personal Essay

·         Magazine Feature Article

·         Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.)

·         Mainstream/Literary Short Story

·         Rhyming Poetry

·         Non-rhyming Poetry

·         Script (Stage Play or Television/Movie Script)

·         Children’s/Young Adult Fiction

Deadline May 4. The full details of the competition can be found here.  

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