Tolka pays €500 for personal stories & other nonfiction, plus other great places to submit your short pieces

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The deadline for the CBC Short Story Prize is coming up soon!

The winner receives $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and their work will be published on CBC Books.

Four finalists each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and their work is also published on CBC Books. 

The prize is open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence, whether living in Canada or abroad.

The prize is open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence, whether living in Canada or abroad.

Deadline: November 1, 2024. Full details here.

 

Tolka is a biannual literary journal of nonfiction: publishing personal essays, memoir, reportage, travel writing, auto-fiction, individual stories and the writing that flows in between. Submissions should be 1,000–3,000 words.

Pays a flat fee of ‎‎€500 (about $746 Canadian).

They will be open for submissions October 31 – November 17, 2024. Guidelines here.  

 

NüVoices is an international editorial collective gathering veteran and emerging writers, journalists, translators and artists to celebrate and support the diverse creative work of women and other underrepresented voices/communities working on the subject of China. 

Their online magazine, NüStories, regularly publishes both fiction and nonfiction, including narrative essays, event reviews, articles, multimedia projects and other original content — reaching audiences all around the world.    

They pay an honorarium for accepted submissions. 

They’re looking for a variety of text content including reportedfeatures, narrativeessays, op-eds, tutorials, Q&As, fiction, translations and listicles.

Since they don’t have the resources to edit more ambitious reportage, they ask that reported pieces be succinct, with links to sources included. In your pitch, please also include one or two ideas on what visuals can be used to accompany your piece. Text pieces should aim to be no more than 1,400 words.

Visual submissions such as illustrations, photography, and videos should be accompanied by a short text component providing context. Visual submissions should be of high digital quality but smaller than 1.5 MB jpg.

Full submission guidelines here.

 

White Wall Review is the Journal of Creative Writing in the Department of English at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University).

“Since 1976,we have published exciting and necessary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by emerging and established writers from across North America. We are generously supported by The Department of English and the Faculty of Arts.”

They’re seeking:

Short stories and novel excerpts from 300–6.000 words. Please submit only one piece at a time (unless you are submitting flash fiction, in which case you may submit up to three short pieces). For excerpts of forthcoming works, please make note of the publication date in your cover letter.

Poetry: Please submit up to five poems at a time (totalling no more than eight pages). Long poems and excerpts of unpublished works will also be considered. For excerpts of forthcoming works, please make note of the publication date in your cover letter.

Nonfiction, including personal essays, literary essays, and experimental hybrid forms, from 600 – 6,000 words. For excerpts of forthcoming works, please make note of the publication date in your cover letter.

Reviews of new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and graphic novels. Their focus is on reviewing Canadian works, but will consider works from around the world.

Interviews with writers and visual artists. The format is Q&A with an analytical/literary introduction to the artist’s work.

Visual art & photography, including illustrations, paintings, collages, digital art, etc., in both colour and black and white.

Full submission guidelines here.

 

See information about all our upcoming weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats here.

Navigation tips: For information about other places to send your short works, see here (and scroll down). 

Also, always check out Labels below posts to find collections of postings. For example, if you’re looking for places to send personal essays, click on “essay markets” below (and scroll down).