NJ. Simat - Editor, Author, Poet.

NJ. Simat - Editor, Author, Poet.

Contests/Opportunities

July's Writing Contests & Opportunities

Vetted Shortlists for The Busy Writer

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NJ Simat 🤍
Jun 18, 2025
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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  • Genre: Unpublished work (unpublished as a whole; individual pieces may be published already of course), prose or poetry or some combination or something between genres, 18-44 manuscript pages (no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

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SUBMIT

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