It’s that time again. New growth, blossoming trees and new writing, ready to submit. So, do that. Do that now.
Lunch Ticket is open for submissions of creative nonfiction and flash prose until 30 April
The Normal School Nonfiction Series seeks submissions of creative nonfiction/essay collection manuscripts of 40,000-100,000 words, deadline 1 May
Ploughshares Emerging Writer Contest for nonfiction ($2000 & publication), judged by Roxane Gay, submit an essay up to 6,000 words by 15 May
The Honest Ulsterman seeks prose and critical writing up to 5,000 words, deadline 25th May
The Stinging Fly will reopen for submissions 1 June
Ploughshares will reopen for submissions 1 June
Wildness accepts creative nonfiction on a rolling basis up to 3,000 words
Wanderlust is a journal of travel essays that explore identity within a narrative map. Send essays and prose under 2000 words, or up to six photos.
The White Review is open for submissions of essays and experimental nonfiction of more than 2,000 words
Hotel is open for submissions of nonfiction including experimental and hybrid prose work up to 3000 words for online publication.
Guernica is open for essays, memoir and reportage of 2,500 – 7,500 words
Gorse is accepting narrative essays for their website of 1500-3000 words.
minor literature[s] is open for submissions of essays, critical writing and experimental nonfiction
Head to our website’s ‘submit’ page and scroll down for a list of publications that accept nonfiction and essay submissions on a rolling basis.