July's Writing Contests & Opportunities
Vetted Shortlists for The Busy Writer
Below is a carefully curated selection a few great vetted opportunities to keep you writing and submitting without analysis paralysis. Every month, I post 1-2 top-tier opportunities in the following categories that are worth your time and $ to submit.
Poetry
Fiction
(inc. Short/Flash/Micro fiction)
Nonfiction/Essay
Grants or Fellowships or Residency
Workshops (online) & Retreats (in-person) &/or Conferences
These Monthly Roundups are to help you submit your work without information overload. Let’s keep progressing your story.
POETRY
1. Chapbook Contest
Hosted by: Diagram + New Michigan Press
Details
Prize: $1000, Publication + 25 author copies (Finalists considered for publication)
Genre: Unpublished work (unpublished as a whole; individual pieces may be published already of course), prose or poetry or some combination or something between genres, 18-44 manuscript pages (no more than one poem per page)
Deadline: JULY 15




