✎STUDY HALL CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES 1/11/24✎

GENERAL SUBMISSIONS

–The New Plains Review––housed in the English Department of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Central Oklahoma––is open to fiction, poetry, and visual art submissions for their Spring 2024 issue. There is a $3 entry fee and the deadline to submit is this Monday, January 15. 

–Arboreal Literary Magazine welcomes submissions for their unthemed fifth issue, in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art. The issue will be released both digitally and in print in Spring 2024. There is no entry fee and the deadline to submit is January 20. 

–The Washington Square Review––a biannual literary journal published by students and faculty of the NYU Graduate Creative Writing program––is holding their annual reading period for poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translations. Contributors receive two copies of the issue in which they are published, an opportunity to purchase additional copies at half-price, and a one-year subscription. There is no reading fee and the deadline to submit is January 25. 

–Arts & Letters––a nationally circulating literary journal run by students and faculty of Georgia College’s MFA program––is holding their annual reading period in all genres––poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. Selected writers receive $10 per published page, with a $50 minimum. The reading fee is $3 and the deadline to submit is January 31. 

–Brink––a print journal dedicated to hybrid, cross-genre work––is open for submissions in all genres. They are currently seeking work on the theme of boundaries. There is no entry fee and the deadline to submit is January 31.

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CONTESTS + PRIZES:

 

–Fence welcomes submissions for the Ottoline Prize, which recognizes a book-length work of poetry by any person who identifies as a woman and/or female, including trans women and people of variable gender who were designated female at birth. The winner receives an honorarium of $5,000 and trade paperback publication with both U.S. and international distribution through Consortium and Small Press distribution. The author of the selected books also receives a two-week residency at Eliot House, in Gloucester, MA. The submission fee is $25, and all entrants receive a complimentary two-issue subscription or renewal to Fence. The deadline to submit is January 26. 

–The Kenyon Review welcomes submissions of work under 3,000 words for their Short Fiction Contest. The winning story is published in print, and the author is awarded a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Writers Workshops. This year’s final judge is Idra Novey. Writers must not have published a book of fiction at the time of submissions. The entry fee is $24 and the deadline to submit is January 31.  

–[PANK] is open for both their Little Book (chapbook) and Big Book (full-length book) contests. They welcome manuscripts in all genres, including multi-genre work, experimental, and collaborative works, with no manuscript guidelines or formats preferred. The Little Book contest awards $500 and publication to a single work, and the Big Book contest awards three $1000 prizes and publication. There is an entry fee of $20 for chapbooks, and $25 for full-length books. The deadline to submit is January 31. 

–The Iowa Review is currently holding their annual contests in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Winners receive $1,500, first-runners up receive $750, and all are published in the December issue of the review. Judges for the 2024 awards are Terrance Hayes (poetry), Sarah Viren (nonfiction) and Sequoia Nagamatsu (fiction). There is an entry fee of $20 for subscribers, or $30 for non-subscribers, and the deadline to submit is January 31. 

–The Inlandia Institute welcomes submissions for the Eliud Martinez Prize, which honors a first book in fiction or creative nonfiction by a Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x writer. In addition to publication by Inlandia Books, the winner receives a $1000 prize. The prize was established to honor the memory of Eliud Martinez (1935-2000), artist, novelist, and professor emeritus of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. There is an entry fee of $15 and the deadline to submit is January 31. 

 

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FELLOWSHIPS + RESIDENCIES:

–PEN America’s Emerging Voices Fellowship is a virtual five-month immersive mentorship program for early-career writers. The fellowship includes curated one-on-one mentorship, introduction to editors, agents, and publishers, workshops on editing and marketing, and more. The program is focused on cultivating the careers of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and immigrant writers, as well as writers with disabilities and those living outside of urban centers. Applicants cannot be enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of the fellowship’s start (January 2024) and cannot be recipients of advanced degrees in fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry. There is a $25 application fee and the deadline to apply is January 31. 

-The Poet-in-Residence at the Guggenheim Museum is an annual position in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets that focuses on poetry and public space. The resident designs and creates a project that “takes poetry beyond the page and enlivens the museum experience for visitors” throughout the course of the residency, which runs through December 31, 2024. The selected candidate receives a $20,000 honorarium and one or more features in Academy of American Poets’ publications. There is no application fee and the deadline to apply is January 31. 

 

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OPEN QUERIES:

–Rebecca Eskildsen at Writers House is open to queries of middle grade, YA, and adult fiction, looking to elevate LGBTQ+ and BIPOC voices. Her full manuscript wish list can be found on her website. To query, send a personalized letter and the first 15 pages of your manuscript pasted in the body of the email to [email protected]. The subject line should read “Query [genre] [TITLE].”  

–Brandy Vallance at Barbara Bova Literary Agency is open to fiction queries, with an interest in historical fiction, historical romance, contemporary, women’s fiction, fantasy, YA and more. Queries can be submitted through her Query Manager. 

–Erin Casey Westin at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency is open for queries from the 1st to 7th of each month. She focuses on kid lit, from picture books to YA, with strong world- and character-building. Queries can be submitted through her Query Manager. 

 

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JOBS:

-The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, CT is hiring a full-time Research Associate for a fixed, six-month term. Reporting to the Deputy Director for Research, the candidate will undertake a range of research tasks to drive forward projects including publication development, bibliographic work, and review and analysis of scholarly writing. Applications can be submitted through Yale’s hiring portal. 

–En Garde Arts, a non-profit theatre production organization in New York City, is hiring a Producer/Development Manager. The role includes fundraising strategy, board development, special events, and participation in collaborative ideation around workshops and artistic programs. The salary is $65,000 a year, full-time exempt. To apply, send a resume and cover letter to: [email protected].

–The Women’s Equality Center is hiring a remote, full-time Communications Manager (Spanish/English bilingual.) The Women’s Equality Center provides strategic communications and campaign support to the reproductive health, rights, and justice field at all levels. Reporting to the Director of Strategy & Communications, the Communications Manager will manage the organization’s key contacts and relationships with media consultants and individual journalists throughout the Americas. The candidate must be bilingual, and fluently speak, write, and read in Spanish and English. The salary range for the role is $70,000-$79,000. Send resumé, cover letter and a writing sample (please include a sample in both English and Spanish, and the sample should reflect your press release writing skills) to [email protected], using the following subject line format “Last Name, First Name_Communications Manager”.