Writing & Poetry Competitions & Submissions – July 2024
A new month is upon us bringing over 160 fresh poetry competitions, writing submissions and opportunities open or with deadlines in July 2024.
With Midsummer in our rearview, we’re at height of the summer holiday season and there’s a new nautical writing prompt for July over on the blog exploring beach culture and our love of the seaside. Feel free to dip your writing toe in the warm shallows!
I had expected to spend July hosting La Dolce Vita, the new Italian-themed 30-day summer writing challenge but due to recent tech upgrades (to meet the new Google & Yahoo email protocols), I’m holding fire while the algorithms update and running the challenge in August instead. So there’s still plenty of time to book your ticket and jet off with us on an Italian writing odyssey!
This also means I have some unexpected free time in July and to mark the middle of the year (and keep me out of mischief), I’m running a flash sale on my one-to-one mentoring sessions – 30% off on all bookings until Mon 8 July. Mentoring is an opportunity to have an experienced poet read a group of your poems, give a fresh perspective on your writing, and valuable advice to refine and polish your work for submitting to literary journals, publishers and competitions.
The one-hour online mentoring session can be used to discuss your poems in more detail, areas for developing your work, any problems you may be experiencing in your writing, and to answer your questions about revising and submitting your work for publication.
More information and booking details at the link below - no discount code required, the reduction is made automatically at checkout.
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:
If you’re looking for a writing course or feedback on your writing, here’s what’s coming up in July and August at Wordbox.
LIVE ONLINE CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
La Dolce Vita | An Italian Odyssey - New 30-Day Italian-themed Creative Writing Challenge for Summer starting 1 AUGUST 2024 *RESCHEDULED*
One-to-One Mentoring Sessions - One-hour online conversation based on 6 poems (180 lines) submitted in advance - 30% OFF UNTIL MON 8 MAY
DIY ONLINE COURSES
The Winter Almanac | A Writing Journey in January
Gods & Monsters | Writing the Greek Myths & Legends
Miracle Machine | Writing the Body
More self-study courses to be announced shortly - keep an eye on your inbox.
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Submission Opportunities in July 2024
Passengers Journal – Poetry, Prose, Artwork – closes 5 Jul (submit online)
Poetry Ireland Introductions – Unpublished poets – closes 5 Jul (submit online)
Consilience Journal – Poetry, Art, theme: Consciousness (relating to science) – closes 7 Jul (submit online)
Hastings Book Festival Competitions – Poetry, theme: The Ways of Water – closes 7 Jul (submit online)
ignitionpress – Poetry manuscripts (emerging writers) – closes 7 Jul (submit online)
Oxford Canal Festival Poetry Competition – Poetry, Fiction – closes 7 Jul (submit online)
Ledbury Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 8 Jul (submit online)
Mslexia – Poetry, writing by women – closes 8 June (submit online)
Poets Meet Painters – Ekphrastic Poetry – closes 8 Jul (submit online)
Aimsir Press – Poetry, Fiction, theme: Lunasa (English, Irish and Gàidhlig (Scots Gaelic) accepted) – closes 10 Jul (submit online)
IWC Cill Rialaig Residencies – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction & more (English & Irish language) – closes 10 Jul (submit online)
Sunday Mornings at the River – Poetry, theme: Systemic Abuse/Trauma – closes 13 Jul (submit online)
BOA Editions Blessing the Boats Selections – Poetry manuscript (48-100 pages, women on colour only) – closes 14 Jul (submit online)
Adrift Chapbook Contest – Poetry manuscript (15-40 pages) – closes 15 Jul (submit online)
Fairy Tale Review – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Creative Nonfiction, Art & more – closes 15 Jul (submit online)
Mulberry Literary – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Art & more – closes 15 Jul (submit online)
Push the Boat Out: Living Water – Poetry Commission (Scottish poets/artists) – closes 15 Jul (submit online)
Vallum Poetry Award – Poetry – closes 15 Jul (submit online)
IWC Evolution Programme – Published writers (1-2 books) – closes 17 Jul (submit online)
Patricia Eschen Prize for Poetry – Poetry – closes 19 Jul (submit online)
Ambient Receiver – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Sound – closes 21 Jul (submit online)
Splinter Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Memoir and more – closes 22 Jul (submit online)
The Stony Thursday Book – Poetry – closes 22 Jul (submit online)
Anti-Heroin Chic – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Photography – closes 22 Jul (submit online)
Open University Open Futures Creative Writing Scholarship – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama (Black writers only) – closes 24 Jul (submit online)
The Arts Council Literature Project Award – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Children’s Fiction – closes 25 Jul (submit online)
Fly on the Wall Press – Poetry, Short Fiction, Novella manuscripts – closes 28 Jul (submit online)
Arts & Disability Ireland: Artist in the Community Scheme – Professional artists/collaborative practice – closes 29 Jul (submit online)
Catflap – Poetry, Essays (Queer writing) – closes 29 Jul (submit online)
Varuna Residential Fellowships – Poetry, Fiction, Narrative Non-fiction, Drama and more – closes 30 July (submit online)
Acropolis Journal – Poetry, Visual Art – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Allegro Poetry – Poetry, theme: Flight – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Amsterdam Quarterly – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Visual Art, theme: Migration – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
ARC Poetry – Poetry – closes 31 July (submit online)
Bad Betty Press – Poetry collection manuscript (10 pages) – closes 31 July (submit online)
Berlin Lit – Poetry – closes 31 July (submit online)
Beyond the Veil Press Queer Pride Anthology – Poetry, Artwork – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Briefly Write – Poetry (10 lines max.) – closes 31 July (submit online)
Fence – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid – closes 31 July (submit online)
Foyle Young Poets of the Year – Poetry (aged 11-17) – closes 31 July (submit online)
Gloucestershire Poetry Society Open Competition – Poetry – closes 31 July (submit online)
Gypsophila Zine – Poetry, Fiction – closes 31 July (submit online)
James Berry Poetry Prize – Poetry (unpublished UK writers) – closes 31 July (submit online)
Magma 91: In the Flesh – Poetry – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Minding Creative Minds Nurture Mentorship Programme – Irish creatives – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
New Writers Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 31 July (submit online)
Okay Donkey – Poetry, Flash – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Psaltery & Lyre – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid – closes 31 July (submit online)
Ragaire Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction – closes 31 July (submit online)
Recenter Press – Poetry, Artwork – closes 31 July (submit online)
Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize – Poetry – closes 31 July (submit online)
Sarabande Books Open Reading Period – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation – closes 31 July (submit online)
Seashores – Haiku, Senryu – closes 31 July (submit online)
Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction & more – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Spelt Poetry Competition – Poetry, theme: Rural – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Stephen Spender Prize – Poetry – closes 31 July (submit online)
The Alchemy Spoon – Poetry, theme: Silence – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
The Braag Press – Poetry and Prose Pamphlet manuscripts – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
The Haibun Journal – Haibun – closes 31 July (submit online)
The Laurie Lee Prize for Writing – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Travel Writing – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
The Looking Glass Review – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Art, Photography, theme: ‘The Bug Collector’ – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
The Marrow – Poetry – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
The Paris Review – Poetry – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
The Washburn Chapbook Prize – Poetry manuscript (10 poems by Women/Identified/Nonbinary writer) – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
William Faulkner Literary Competition – Poetry, Fiction, Play – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Winchester Poetry Prize – Poetry – closes 31 July (submit online)
Witcraft Annual Humour Competition – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction – closes 31 July (submit online)
Halfway Down the Stairs – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, theme: On the Road – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
Humana Obscura – Poetry, Flash, Art. Photography – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
Impossible Archetype – Poetry (LGBTQ+ only) – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award – Poetry – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
Spellbinder Literary Magazine – Poetry. Fiction, Flash, Nonfiction, Drama, Visual Art – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
The Coniston Prize – Poetry (3-5 poems by Women/Identified writing in English) – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
The Poetry Society Members' Competition – Poetry, theme: Furniture – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
The Waxed Lemon – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Art, Photography – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
The Arts Council Pilot Digital Arts Mentorship Scheme – All digital artists – closes 2 Aug (submit online)
OPPORTUNITIES WITH RECURRING DEADLINES
Ó Bhéal Five Words – Poetry – deadline each week, annual prize (submit online)
OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP IN AUGUST 2024
The Lincoln Review – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Nonfiction, Viaul Art & more – deadline tbc (submit online)
The Storms – Poetry, theme: Dublin – closes 5 Aug (submit online)
Aurora Prize for Writing – Poetry, Fiction – closes 7 Aug (submit online)
Bere Island Arts Festival Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 10 Aug (submit online)
Waterford Poetry Prize – Poetry – closes 12 Aug (submit online)
The Other Side of Hope: Journey in Refugee & Immigrant Literature – Poetry, theme: Other Tongue, Mother Tongue (refugee, asylum seeker, and immigrant poets from around the world, any language) – open 15 July-12 Aug (submit online)
The Four-Faced Liar – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Creative nonfiction, Translation, Visual Art – open 1-14 Aug (submit online)
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award – Poetry – closes 31 Aug (submit online)
Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition – Poetry manuscript (16-24 poems) – closes 31 Aug (submit online)
The Oxford Poetry Prize – Poetry – closes 31 Aug (submit online)
The Shore – Poetry, Fiction – closes 1 Sep (submit online)
OPPORTUNITIES WITH OPEN SUBMISSION PERIODS
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)
Antiphony – Poetry, Nonfiction – 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)
Carve Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Creative 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)
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)
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)
Obsessed with Pipework – Poetry – 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)
Only Poems – Poetry – open (submit online)
Orbis – Poetry – open (submit by post (UK) or online (overseas only))
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)
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 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 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 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 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)
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 poetry competition or journal with a deadline in JULY 2024, and it is not included above, feel free to send me the details.
