Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful queer work, in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work… read more

Black Warrior Review is now accepting contest submissions in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Flash, through September 1, 2019!  Winners in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction will receive $1,500 each and publication in our Fall issue. The $20 domestic contest fee for these categories includes a year-long subscription to BWR. The winner in Flash will receive $800… read more

Submissions are now open for A Story Most Queer, a new weekly anthology podcast from Mischief Media that features short stories by and about queer people… read more

One grand prize of $500 and two second place prizes of $100 will be awarded… read more

Belt Publishing is excited to announce an anthology of LGBTQ stories from the Midwest and Appalachia, to be published in Fall 2020… read more

‘Writing Out of the Closet’ will feature short stories, poetry, personal narratives, and other creative writing solely from LGBTQ teens… read more

PEN America has announced the opening of the 2020 Emerging Voices Fellowship application. The Emerging Voices Fellowship is a literary mentorship that aims to provide underrepresented writers who are isolated from the literary establishment with the tools, skills, and knowledge they need to launch a professional writing career…. read more

One prize of $1,000 and book publication is given by Howling Bird Press annually in alternating genres; this year the category is creative nonfiction… read more

Madwomen in the Attic is seeking featured writers for The Featured Writer Project’s 2020-2021 writing year, which will begin in January 2020 and end in January 2021…. read more

Astral Waters Review, a new sci-fi/fantasy magazine for LGBTQ+ and POC writers, is seeking submissions for our second issue!… read more