Writing & Poetry Competitions & Submissions – February 2024
We’ve made it through the longest month and to celebrate here are over 160 poetry competitions, writing submissions and opportunities open or with deadlines in February 2024.
Here in Ireland, we’ve been celebrating a Bank Holiday weekend dedicated to Brigid, our other national saint, and I’ve put together a short Imbolc/Brigid writing prompt to spark some creative ideas and there’s even a Brigid themed publishing opportunity for those shiny new poems!
With the submissions list moving to its new home here on the Wordbox website, I’ve had a few emails from people asking for links. Please remember that I’m a neurodivergent disabled person working with limited energy levels and it will always be quicker to find the list online or via a previous poetry list email than to request that I personally send you a link, especially out of office hours and on holidays/weekends. I need to be more intentional with my time and set clearer boundaries around work to protect my health — thank you for understanding and respecting this.
Here’s where to find the monthly submissions list:
Please save/follow these links and remember, if it’s not on the blog, it’s not published. Alternatively, have the list delivered direct to your inbox by joining the mailing list here.
Huge thanks to everyone who has contributed to keeping the submissions info as a open resource for writers in 2024. We’re just over two-thirds of the way toward the target of 250 donations of €12 (or the equivalent) to cover my time and input at minimum wage.
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Whatever you’re up to with your writing this month — drafting, honing, editing or submitting — I wish you every luck and success. Please consider sharing a link to this post on your own blog or social media pages. Thank you!
Writing Courses and Events:
With the new month comes a host of new writing opportunities and workshops, taking place from February onward to write your way toward Spring.
LIVE ONLINE CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
This is Not a Love Poem - Tues 13 Feb at 7pm.
8X8 Poetry Critique Group Workshops - Starting Thurs 22 Feb & Sun 25 Feb.
DIY ONLINE COURSES
The Winter Almanac | A Writing Journey in January
Gods & Monsters | Writing the Greek Myths & Legends
Miracle Machine | Writing the Body
More live courses to be announced shortly - keep an eye on your inbox.
February 2024
Wales Poetry Award – Poetry – closes 5 Feb (submit online)
The DeGroot Foundation Grants for Writers – Any genre – closes 5 Feb (submit online)
Passengers Journal – Poetry, Prose, Visual Arts – closes 9 Feb (submit online)
MacDowell Fellowship – Any genre – closes 10 Feb (submit online)
The Suburban Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Comics, Art – closes 11 Feb (submit online)
Holy Cows: The Red Book of Kildare Anthology – Poetry, Fiction, Art, theme: Brigid, the Sacred Feminine – closes 12 Feb (submit online)
Northern Writers’ Awards – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, YA – closes 12 Feb (submit online)
Frontier Poetry ‘Not in Love’ Tanka Challenge – Poetry – closes 14 Feb (submit online)
Hippocrates Prize for Poetry & Medicine – Poetry on a medical theme – closes 14 Feb (submit online)
Arts Council Ireland Bursary Awards – All genres – closes 15 Feb (submit online)
Fallen Tree Press – Poetry manuscript (16-40 pages) – closes 15 Feb (submit online)
Ink Sweat & Tears – Poetry, theme: Queerness – closes 15 Jan or at 70 submissions (submit online)
Jessie Kesson Fellowship – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting, Songwriting – closes 15 Feb (submit online)
The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry – Poetry manuscript (min. 48 pages) – closes 15 Feb (submit online)
Winter Papers – Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, Art – closes 15 Feb (submit online)
Abridged 0-100 – Poetry, theme: Home – closes 16 Feb (submit online)
Lambda Literary Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction (writers with 1-2 books published) – closes 16 Feb (submit online)
Lambda Literary J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50 – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction (unpublished LGBTQ writers) – closes 16 Feb (submit online)
The Purposeful Mayonnaise – Poetry, Fiction, Art, theme: At Ease – closes 16 Feb (submit online)
Arundel Literary Festival Competitions – Poetry, Flash – closes 17 Feb (submit online)
Splonk – Prose Poetry, Flash, Microfiction – closes 19 Feb (submit online)
Beyond the Veil Press – Poetry chapbook manuscripts (30 poems) – closes 20 Feb (submit online)
Pigott Poetry Prize – Poetry Collection by Irish Poet – closes 20 Feb (submit online)
Listowel Writers Week Poetry Collection Award – Poetry manuscript (6-12 poems) – closes 23 Feb (submit online)
Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature & Arts Competitions – Poetry, Fiction – closes 23 Feb (submit online)
Listowel Writers Week Creative Writing for Adults with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities – Poetry, Flash – closes 26 Feb (submit online)
Artemis Poetry – Poetry (women only) – closes 28 Feb (submit online)
Broken Sleep Books – Wildcard manuscripts – closes 28 Feb (submit online)
The London Library Emerging Writers Programme – All genres – closes 28 Feb (submit online)
Samaritans: Poems of Hope – Poetry – closes 28 Feb (submit online)
The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry - Poetry manuscript (min. 48 pages) - closes 28 Feb (submit online)
The Waxed Lemon – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Art & Photography – opens 7 Feb/closes 28 Feb (submit online)
Alien Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Annie Journal – Poetry, Essay, Creative Nonfiction – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Bath Magg – Poetry – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Blue Mesa Review Spring Contest – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Bournemouth Writing Festival Competitions – Poetry, Flash, theme: Lines in the Sand – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Feels Zine – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Photography, theme: Dreaming – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
HNDL Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, theme: Joy (neurodivergent, disabled or chronically ill creatives) – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Mud Season Review – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Art – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Needle Poetry – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, theme: The Garden [and other growing things] – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Okay Donkey – Poetry – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Slipstream Open Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Southword – Poetry – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Split Lip Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Memoir, Art & more – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
The Alchemy Spoon – Poetry, theme: Elements – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
The Citron Review – Poetry, Flash, Creative Nonfiction, Micros – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
The Letter Review Prizes – Poetry, Flash, Fiction – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
The Plaza Poetry Prize – Poetry (max. 60 lines) – closes 29 Feb (submit online)
Fingal Artists’ Support Scheme – All disciplines – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
Impossible Archetype – Poetry (LGBTQ+ poets of all genders) – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
Listowel Writers Week Single Poem Award – Poetry – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
Millay Arts Residencies – All Disciplines – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
Parabola – Poetry, Essays, Translation, theme: Reality – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
The Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize – Poetry, theme: Language – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
The Poetry Book Society Summer 2024 Pamphlet Choice – Pamphlets due for publication Jan/Feb/Mar 2024 (Publishers only) – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
The Poetry Book Society Autumn 2024 Book & Translations Recommendations – Poetry collections and translations due for publication July/Aug/Sept 2023 (Publishers only) – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
The Shore – Poetry – closes 1 Mar (submit online)
National Mentoring Programme – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Childen's/YA Fiction – closes 2 Mar (submit online)
OPPORTUNITIES WITH RECURRING DEADLINES
Ó Bhéal Five Words – Poetry – deadline each week, annual prize (submit online)
OPPORTUNITIES WITH OPEN SUBMISSION PERIODS IN FEBRUARY 2024
The Manchester Review – Poetry, Fiction, Art – closing date unknown – Spring issue (submit online)
The Forward Prizes – Poetry – closes 4 Mar (submit online)
The Poetry Business New Poets Prize – Poetry manuscript (12 pages) – closes 6 Mar (submit online)
The Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition – Poetry manuscript (20 pages) – closes 6 Mar (submit online)
The Strokestown International Poetry Prize – Poetry – closes 8 Mar (submit online)
Mslexia Showcase – Poetry, Fiction, theme: Cats – closes 11 March (submit online)
The Madrigal – Poetry, theme: Reminiscence – closes 15 March (submit online)
The London Magazine Poetry Prize – Poetry – closes 31 Mar (submit online)
The Rialto Nature & Place Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 31 Mar (submit online)
The Plaza Prose Poetry Prize – Poetry (max. 450 words) – closes 31 Mar (submit online)
Acumen – Poetry – open (submit online)
Agenda – Poetry, Essays, Reviews – open (submit online)
A New Ulster – Poetry, Fiction, Artwork – open (submit online)
Anthropocene – Poetry – open (submit online)
Antipoetry Magazine – Poetry – open (submit online)
Apartment Poetry – Poetry – open (submit online)
Atrium – Poetry – open (submit online)
Bear Review – Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Artwork – open (submit online)
Bending Genres – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction – open (submit online)
Brittle Star – Poetry, Fiction – open (submit online)
Carve Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction – open (submit online)
Cheat River Review – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Non-Fiction – open (submit online)
Confingo Publishing – Poetry, Fiction, Art, Photography – open (submit online)
Crow & Cross Keys – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, theme: Gothic – open (submit online)
Crowstep Journal – Poetry – open (submit online)
Damnation – Poetry, Prose, Flash – open (submit online)
Disabled Tales – Poetry, Fiction, Essay – open (submit online)
Dreich Mag – Poetry – open (submit online)
Driftwood Press – Poetry, Fiction, Literary Criticism – open (submit online)
Dust Poetry – Poetry – open (submit online)
Empty House Press – Poetry, Prose Poetry, Flash, Hybrid – open (submit online)
Empty Mirror – Poetry, Non-fiction, Visual Art (committed to diversity & inclusion) – open (submit online)
Fecund Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Essay & more (POC only) – open (submit online)
FIVE:2:ONE – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Artwork by underrepresented writers (POC, LGTBQ, non-binary, neurodivergent, trauma survivors etc.) – open (submit online)
Frontier Poetry – Poetry – open (submit online)
Fruit Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Hybrid (LGBTQI+, with emphasis on unheard voices – POC, trans, working class) – open (submit online)
Guernica – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Photo Essays – open (submit by post)
Hosking Houses Trust Residencies – Women writers over 40 (all genres – must have contract to publish / broadcast / perform) – open (submit online)
Idler – Poetry, Fiction, Essays – open (submit online)
Irish Literary Review – Poetry – open (submit online)
Jaden Magazine – Poetry, Non-fiction, Flash, Art & Photography (writers of colour/underrepresented writers) – open (submit online)
Lighthouse Literary Journal – Poetry & Short Fiction – open (submit online)
LitMag – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Essays – open (submit online)
Lunate – Poetry, Fiction, Flash – open (submit online)
Narrative Mag – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction. Plays – open (submit online)
New Contrast – Poetry, Fiction – open (submit online)
Neon Magazine – Poetry, Flash, Art and more – open (submit online)
Omelette Literary Magazine – Poetry, Visual Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Creative Non-fiction & more – open (submit online)
One – Poetry, a single poem – open (submit online)
Orbis – Poetry – open (submit by post (UK) or online (overseas only))
PANK – Poetry – open (submit online)
Palette Poetry – Poetry (under-represented and marginalized voices of all colors encouraged to submit) – open (submit online)
Peepal Tree Press – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction manuscripts from Black & Caribbean writers – open (submit online)
Pigeon Pages – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction – open (submit online)
POETRY Magazine – Poetry (submit online)
Poetry Ireland Review – Poetry – open (submit by post)
Poetry London – Poetry – open (submit by post or online)
Poetry Salzburg – Poetry – open (submit by post or online)
Poetry Wales – Poetry – open (submit by post or online)
Porridge Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Art – open (submit online)
PN Review – Poetry, Essays, Reviews – open (submit by post)
Prelude – Poetry – open (submit online)
Prole – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction – open (submit online)
Psaltery & Lyre – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Hybrid – open (submit online)
Riggwelter – Poetry, Short Fiction, Visual Art – (submit online)
River Styx – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Drama, Visual Art – open (submit online)
Shakespeare & Co Tumbleweeds Residency – all writers – open (submit online)
Sine Theta Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Art (Sino diaspora only. People of Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, or Macau heritage, who live anywhere away from the original ‘homeland’ of that heritage – rolling deadlines, email to express interest (submit online)
South Bank Poetry – Poetry – open (submit online)
Spry Literary Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Creative Non-fiction, Artwork – open (submit online)
Squawk Back – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Reviews, Plays – open (submit online)
Stand Magazine – Poetry, Fiction – open (submit online)
Stepaway Magazine – Poetry, Flash Fiction, theme: walking in the city – open (submit online)
Sunday Mornings at the River – Poetry – open (submit online)
Tab Journal – Poetry, Poetics – open (submit online)
Tears in the Fence – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Brooklyn Quarterly – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Translation, Humour – open (submit online)
The Cardiff Review – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Flash (preference given to students and unpublished graduates of Creative Writing, English Literature & Journalism) – open (submit online)
The Curly Mind – Poetry, theme: experimental – open (submit online)
The Dalloway – Poetry, Fiction, Flash – open (submit online)
The Dark Horse – Poetry – open (submit by post)
The Ellis Review – Poetry, published weekly – open (submit online)
The Galway Review – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Reviews, Plays – open (submit online)
The Lake – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Lascaux Review – Poetry, Fiction, Essays – open (submit online)
The Lincoln Review – Poetry, Flash, Creative Non-fiction, Essays and more (actively encourages writers, artists, and photographers who come from marginalised and underprivileged backgrounds) – open (submit online)
The London Magazine – Poetry, Non-Fiction, Art – open (submit online)
The Missouri Review – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction – open (submit online)
The New Absurdist – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction – open (submit online)
The New Yorker – Poetry, Fiction – open (submit online)
The Offing – Poetry, Translation, Art and more – open (submit online)
The Ofi Press Magazine – Poetry & Short Fiction – open (submit online)
The Orphic Review – Poetry & Art – open (submit online)
The Oxonian – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation – open (submit online)
The Poetry Village – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Poetry Review – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Pomegranate – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Nonfiction, theme: Writing about Artists – open (submit online)
The Sea Letter – Poetry, Fiction, Artwork – open (submit online)
The Seventh Quarry – Short Poetry – open (submit online)
The Southeast Review – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Reviews, Artwork – open (submit online)
The Sun Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Interviews – open (submit online)
The Times Literary Supplement – Poetry (submit by post)
Three Drops From a Cauldron – Poetry, Flash, theme: Myth, Folklore, Fables, Fairytales – on hiatus (submit online)
Tinderbox Poetry Journal – Poetry – open (submit online)
Trasna – Poetry, Fiction, Essays (open to writers across the world who consider Ireland a home in some regard) – open (submit online)
Wildness – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction – open (submit online)
Wishbone Words – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Visual Art & more (disabled and chronically ill writers/artists) – open (submit online)
Best of luck!
If you have a competition or journal with a deadline in FEBRUARY 2024, and it is not included above, feel free to send me the details.
