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Submission Deadline: Grits: Summer Issue

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

What is Grits? Grits is a forthcoming independent publication that will be distributed on the internet. The goal of this publication is to unite reading/writing with design/art to share weird truths that make us feel human. It was founded in May 2020 with the belief that there are can never be too many small press publications. I hope this publication feels like a win-win when the bigger things lately have been feeling like loss after loss. Why is it called Grits? This publication is called “grits” because the word manages to balances all its disparate personalities in one syllable. It’s the dirt under your fingernails and it's your badass tenacity. It’s scum and resolve, firm courage with a rough edge. It’s also a hearty wholesome…

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Submission Deadline: The Gravity of the Thing: New Writers Issue and Fall 2020 Issue

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

From June 1st to July 31st, The Gravity of the Thing welcomes submissions for its first New Writers Issue. As it is our goal to support emerging writers, this is our way of creating a welcoming space for writers and artists who are new to publishing. If you like to experiment with language and discover through writing, we encourage you to share your work with us! To be eligible, your submission must be your first creative publication, not including blog posts or literary journals you are associated with academically. That is, if you have never had your writing published in the past, or your creative writing has only ever appeared on websites you curate or in student-run magazines housed at your school or college, then you may submit to this issue. The Gravity of the Thing is…

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Submission Deadline: Loving Gaze Poetry Contest

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

loving gaze is an annual poetry contest for women and nonbinary writers. you can read the INAUGURAL winning poem by tori ashley matos here. submissions are currently OPEN and always free. this year’s winning poem will be chosen by Tori Ashley Matos, winner of last year’s contest. all poems will be read first by gaze creator and editor, Darla Mottram, who will narrow the competition down to a group of finalists. the author of the winning poet will receive publication and $150. other finalists may be offered publication at the standard rate. to submit, please send no more than three poems in a single document to gazesubmissions at gmail.com. be sure to indicate that you are submitting to the loving gaze poetry contest in the…

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Submissions Open: The Longest Night: HOCUS Presents Stories of Darkness

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Submissions now open for The Longest Night: HOCUS Presents Stories of Darkness, to be presented online December 20th in conjunction with Jolabokaflod PDX. Submissions are open until December 2nd. HOCUS is looking for fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction of no more than 1500 words. Please visit the website and click on the Submit tab for full info.

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Submission Deadline: Artist Relief Program

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Artist Relief Program is administered by the Oregon Arts Commission, in partnership with Oregon Community Foundation and the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation. The Artist Relief Program provides relief funding to Oregon artists who have experienced financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic due to cancellations of exhibitions, performances, rehearsals or other activities with a stipend, events, teaching opportunities, book signings, or other professional presentation opportunities. The program supports professional artists who have experienced or anticipate experiencing loss of revenue of $1,000 or more between March 1 and December 31, 2020. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000. Artists from underserved communities, including (but not limited to) rural communities and communities of color, as well as artists with disabilities, are especially encouraged to apply. For more information,…

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Submission Deadline: Oregon Humanities: Posts for Feed

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For the fall/winter issue of Oregon Humanities, we want to hear stories about food, consumption, nourishment, and sustenance. What keeps our systems running, and what feeds our spiritual, social, and intellectual hungers? Send your submission (400 words maximum) by November 11, 2020 to posts@oregonhumanities.org. Submissions may be edited for space or clarity. Writers for Posts are not paid, but do receive a thank-you gift.

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Submission Deadline: Deep Overstock: Issue 11: Animals

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Submissions for Issue 11: Animals closes in just one week on 11/30. Keep those animal poems, stories and art comin'! We publish fiction, poetry, comics, art, images, medical reports, plays, essays, philosophies, sculptures, sounds, mushroom dataset analyses, magic spells, fairy tales, folklore, riddles, jokes, horoscopes, death-predictions, and more. Surprise us! Simultaneous submissions are fine, just tell us if the piece gets accepted elsewhere. No previously published works (though personal blogs are fine). Submissions over 3000 words might not be considered.

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Submission Deadline: THE LONGEST NIGHT: HOCUS Presents Stories of Darkness

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

THE LONGEST NIGHT: STORIES OF DARKNESS will be presented in conjunction with Jolabokaflod PDX. The reading will take place the evening of December 20th (exact time still to be determined). We are currently accepting submissions of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction of no more than 1500 words on the theme of darkness. Since HOCUS is a theatrical/quasi ritual event as well as a reading, chosen readers will be asked to take part in a rehearsal tentatively scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, December 16th. Readers need not reside in the Portland area to take part, but do need to be cognizant that we will be operating in the Pacific Time Zone. Find complete info at our website.

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Submission Deadline: Oregon Humanities: Features for Possession

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We are now accepting submissions for the Spring 2021 issue of Oregon Humanities on the theme “Possession.” We want to hear stories about property and wealth, having and holding, things gained and taken away. Explore issues relating to sovereignty, self-determination, dominion, or ownership. Tell us about how control of wealth and territory show up in Oregon’s history and present. Write about influences on your own life or work, for good or ill, or about the things you possess: land, belongings, emotions, beliefs, or innate characteristics. We’re looking particularly for stories that relate to challenging questions, diverse perspectives, and just communities. Tell us something we’ve never heard before. Show us something from a different angle. Make us feel, see, hear, smell the world anew. We welcome…

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FREE LITERARY WORKSHOP: “Mastering Magazine Submissions”

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Consistently submitting to and being published in literary magazines, both in print and online, is a crucial step in reaching new readers, creating a community around your work, and being taken more seriously by book publishers. In this free workshop, award-winning poet and literary agent John Sibley Williams provides you with all the tools and strategies you’ll need to successfully target and get accepted by literary magazines. From researching to cover letter writing, bookkeeping to submission tracking, goalsetting to retaining your enthusiasm (and sanity), you will learn how to get your publishing career off the ground…and your poetry into stellar magazines. No registration required. Please find the Zoom link and password below. Email me with any questions at jswilliams1307@gmail.com. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82488177085?pwd=TW0rVm1nbk1kNVBRM3hXMFQ3dUNTQT09 Meeting ID: 824…

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