Weekly Roundup: October 3, 2024
Weekly Roundup: October 3, 2024
Anyone else feeling like a frog in a pot of slowly boiling water yet doing our best to pretend otherwise?
Instagram served up a story from Eman Mabrouk the other day… long story short… what are people talking about? Possible ww3? But it’s here already!
Like I said, frog in a pot over a stovetop.
Anyway. It’s October and I just came across a bunch of awesome submission/pitch calls. Here we go.
Curated Opportunities
These opportunities focus on creative and sometimes magazine writing. I try to include a mix of super high-profile and indie publications that are more beginner-friendly. (Click the names of the publications for detailed submission guidelines.)
HAD: I don’t like sharing their sub calls because they feel so effing useless, but whatever y’know? This is what they emailed me (below). IT’S TOMORROW FYI. Pay: no.
For our 99th call we're opening for a full 99 minutes (Friday, October 4th, 12pm – 1:39pm ET).
We're looking for pieces exactly 99 words long.
Any genre, one piece (or multiple that work together, and have a combined word count of...), 99 words.
Submission Link
The Paris Review: They’re now open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Through the end of the month or until they reach an undisclosed submission cap. Pay: yes, but amount unknown.
Trampset: They’re still accepting pieces for two more issues coming out this year. Send your short stories, nonfiction, and poetry. Pay: $25 (PayPal only).
Mudroom: They’re accepting poetry submissions through the end of November. Pay: $15.
Rumpus: They’re now open for essay submissions through October 31. Pay: yes, unknown small amount.
West Branch: Send you fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to them. Pay: $100 per poetry and $0.10/word for prose ($200 max).
Chestnut Review: They’re now reading for their Spring issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Pay: $120.
Slate: Editor Tony Hồ Trần is looking for personal or reported essays with a tech bent. No deadline. 1,000 - 1,500 words. Email pitches to tony.tran@slate.com. Pay: $500 - $750
New Delta Review: They’re open for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions through November 17. (Note: they have a submission cap of 250 for fiction and poetry.) Pay: no.
The Mersey Review: They’re accepting flash (fiction & nonfiction), poetry, and art. Pay: no.
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[FYI: Came across a bunch of magazine writing opps here, where I also found the Slate pitch call I shared above. Not personally interested in all of them, but wanted to share the link if you are :)]
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*** Note: I cannot always vet each of these publications, unfortunately. So, please do your due diligence and research. See if their values align with yours, if there are conditions/restrictions to who can or cannot pitch/submit, whether or not they’re a paying market, how much they pay, etc., if these things matter to you.***
That is all.
Let’s keep boiling :/