Anthologies: Calls For Submissions

A list of creative writing anthologies and calls for submissions. Each anthology or literary journal has a particular theme and seeks a particular type of writing. See third-party websites or send any queries to the editors as needed.

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Deadline:9/10/2010
Submit to:A Cup of Comfort for Christian Women. Submission Link
Theme:Tests of faith; reconciling personal beliefs/behavior with those of church; impact of your ministries on others, you, your faith
Type:Creative Nonfiction
Publisher:See website
URL:A Cup of Comfort for Christian Women

Deadline:9/17/2010
Submit to:Creative Nonfiction, Attn: Immortality, 5501 Walnut St., Suite 202, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Theme:Immortality
Type:Essays (5,000 words MAX)
Publisher:See website
URL:Anthology sponsored by Creative Nonfiction

Deadline:10/17/2010
Submit to:Strong Voices: Women Singing Together for Social Justice. Submit essay with questionnaire answers from website below. Contact editor for specific deadline information.
Theme:Experiences singing or directing a women's choir
Type:Personal essays
Publisher:See website
URL:Strong Voices: Women Singing Together for Social Justice

Deadline:12/31/2010
Submit to:The Untidy Season: An Anthology of Nebraska Women Poets. The Backwaters Press, PO Box 8067, Omaha, NE 68108, or send via email attachment. Email Address
Theme:Contributors must be Nebraskan women, which includes all women born or currently residing in Nebraska. Poets who have previously lived in Nebraska for a period of not less than 10 years will also be considered.
Type:Poetry (3 - 5 poems, 10 pages MAX)
Publisher:See website
URL:The Untidy Season

Deadline:1/31/2011
Submit to:Dream of Things. Submission Link
Theme:Various topics based on one of 15 themes. See http://dreamofthings.com/workshop-2 for more details.
Type:Personal essays (500-5,000 words MAX)
Publisher:See website
URL:Dream of Things

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Deadline:1/31/2011
Submit to:Hunger Mountain, Vermont College of Fine Arts, 36 College Street, Montpelier, VT 05602
Theme:Responses to stage and screen
Type:Manuscripts (10,000 words MAX) or a video submission
Publisher:See website
URL:Hunger Mountain

Deadline:3/1/2011
Submit to:Slipstream, Dept. W-1, Box 2071, Niagara Falls, NY 14301.
Theme:Sex-Food-Death
Type:Poetry
Publisher:See website
URL:Slipstream