11/19: News and Opportunities Round-Up
A monthly listing of news, writing resources, and submission opportunities you can’t afford to miss. Compiled by Digital Editor Dylan Brethour from Associate Director Paul McVeigh’s blog.
News & Resources
- Short Story Masterclass: Putting the Life on the Page with Tessa Hadley: 16 November
- On the Many Different Engines That Power a Short Story by Lincoln Michel
- Submitting to Literary Journals by Claire Hennessy
- Ben Lerner & Sally Rooney In Conversation
- Motherhood Makes You Obscene by Marguerite Duras
- It’s Time Nancy Hale Got Her Due by Lauren Goff
- Demystifying the Writer’s Fear of Failure by Sarah LaBrie
- Why the Novel Matters by Eimear McBride
- Deborah Levy Beats Writers’ Block
- 7 Common Mistakes in First-Time Memoir by Jane Friedman
- The 10 Best Short Story Collections of the Decade
- Free Resources for Writers
- Jeanette Winterson and Mark O’Connell on the Future of Humanity in a Tech-Dominated World
Short Story Deadlines
- The Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Deadline 1 November
- The Stinging Fly seeks submissions. Deadline 28 November
- Nobrow Short Story Competition. Deadline 9 December
- £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Deadline 13 December
- Structo seeks fiction and poetry. Deadline 31 December
- The Lascaux Review Prize for Short Fiction is open to Submissions until 31 December
- Ploughshares is open to Submissions until 15 January, 2020
- Have your short story performed live. Deadline 14 February, 2020
- The Irish Times New Irish Writing seeks Fiction
- The Los Angeles Review of Books seeks Fiction & Poetry
- Short Fiction Journal is open to Submissions
- 44 US Publishers looking for short story collections
- Skein Press seeks short stories & novels esp minority ethnic backgrounds
- Storymart seeks short stories
- For Books’ Sake seeks short stories from self-identifying women
- Enter The Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. Open Submissions
- Joyland Magazine seeks short fiction, novel excerpts, and literary non-fiction. Open Deadline
Flash Fiction
- Ad Hoc Fiction. Weekly Flash Fiction Competition
- Top 20 Places to Submit Flash Fiction | BookFox
- River Teeth weekly column, Beautiful Things: 250 words
- Narrative Magazine. Open for submissions all year round
- Narrative Magazine seeks your Six-Word Story
Books
- RSL Literature Matters Awards. Deadline 9 December
- FourCats Press seeks LGBTQ & working-class literary fiction & nonfiction
- Skein Press seeks Short Stories & Novels esp minority ethnic backgrounds
- Avon (Harper Collins Imprint) Seeks Submissions
- Mercier Press seeks Non-Fiction Submissions
Poetry, Non-Fiction, Illustration and More…
- Free Creative Writing and Performing Workshops. Dates: 9 November 2019 & 24 February 2020
- The Stinging Fly seeks poetry submissions. Deadline 28 November
- RSL Literature Matters Awards. Deadline 9 December
- Panorama Travel Anthology seeks Submissions. Deadline: 28 December
- The Irish Times New Irish Writing seeks Poetry
- The Los Angeles Review of Books seeks Fiction & Poetry
- National Centre for Writing Residency Opportunities
- The Imison Award for New Writing in Audio Drama
- The Free with Words Scholarship 2019
- PAID: True Story seeks Creative Nonfiction
- The Sea Letter seeks Short Fiction & Poetry
- The Los Angeles Review seeks Submissions
- The Tenniswood Award for Best Original Audio Drama
- Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. Deadline: Various
- Neon seeks Short Stories, Flash, Poetry, Images, Comics & Graphic Poems
- PAID: Craft seeks Flash & Short Fiction, Reviews & Interviews
- The Laurel Review seeks poetry, fiction & more
- Wanderlust – travel journal seeks submissions
- Storgy seeks Short Stories & Nonfiction – Open Submission
- McNeese Review Print & Online Submissions
- Wildness seeks Short Stories, Poetry & Non-Fiction
- Pendora Magazine seeks Fiction & Nonfiction
- The Stupendous Tramp Press Submissions Open
- Dublin Review of Books seeks Essays & Reviews
- The Southeast Review seeks Nonfiction, Poetry & Fiction
- Pank seeks Chap Books in Poetry, Nonfiction & Fiction
Short Stories & Podcasts
- Podcast: Toni Morrison explains why beauty is absolutely necessary
- What You Usually Find in Novels by Anton Chekhov
- The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
- Podcast: Joanne Harris, Fiona Mozley, Irenosen Okojie and Janina Ramirez fable and folklore
- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Joyce Carol Oates
- A Dark and Winding Road by Ottessa Moshfegh
- Shape Ups at Delilah’s by Rion Amilcar Scott
- The Color of Shadows by Colm Tóibín
- Audiobook Excerpt: The Topeka School by Ben Lerner