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SmokeLong Quarterly

Section flash

Pay $100/story or $150/story with audio

Window Year-round*

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Geist 21st Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story ContestContest

Section flash

Pay First Prize: $500; Second Prize: $250; Third Prize: $150; winning entries published in Geist and on geist.com

Window — - October 30, 2026*

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Neon Hemlock Novella Series 2026 (Oct all-writers window)

Section speculative

Pay standard contract asks authors to choose between an Advance+Royalties option or a Royalties Only option (advance amount not stated)

Window October 15, 2026 - October 30, 2026*

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Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award 2026 (Red Hen Press)Contest

Section poetry

Pay Award is $3,000 and publication of the awarded manuscript by Red Hen Press.

Window — - October 31, 2026*

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Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize 2026 (Northwestern University Press)Contest

Section chapbook

Pay Winner receives $500 prize money, publication by Northwestern University Press and fifteen copies of the book

Window — - October 31, 2026*

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Split Lip Magazine

Section flash

Pay $100 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, and interviews/reviews (web issues); $50 for mini-reviews

Window October 1, 2026 - October 31, 2026*

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The 2026 Comstock Review Chapbook ContestContest

Section chapbook

Pay $1000 plus publication and 50 author’s copies

Window August 1, 2026 - October 31, 2026.

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Flash

17 open · 18 listed

Flash — short fiction, typically 1,000 words or fewer.

Speculative

13 open · 20 listed

Speculative — science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Lengths on this list range from about 500 words to 22,000.

Poetry

21 open · 23 listed

Poetry — poems. This list has single poems and full-length manuscripts. Line and page limits come from each market's page.

Short story

16 open · 17 listed

Short story — fiction longer than flash, usually a few thousand words. This list is no-fee contests with a stated cash prize.

Chapbook

6 open · 8 listed

Chapbook — a short book of poems or prose, typically a few dozen pages, shorter than a full collection. Page counts come from each press page.

Themed

18 open · 19 listed

Themed — anthology and magazine calls with a stated theme.

Haiku

5 open · 6 listed

Haiku — very short poems, often three lines. Senryu and tanka appear here too. Unpaid markets are marked Unpaid on the card.