Hi! If you’re looking for creative writing opportunities this April, we’ve gathered a list of up to 30 free entry options. You will find at least one that works for you, no matter who/where you are.
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The April Lit List is here with 75+ calls for submissions to literary competitions, journals, residencies, mentoring, & funding opportunities for poetry, flash/fiction, creative nonfiction & visual art, all with deadlines by 1st May. Sign up at link.
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Do you have a fantastic middle-grade fiction idea? The Jewell Parker Rhodes Fellowship for Emerging Voices awards a $10,000 grant to an unpublished or self-published writer creating works for children. Submissions are now open!
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Over 50 calls for literary competitions & submissions incl. poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - with deadlines in February 2026. Please share & best of luck! https://t.co/3cgOv8owV0
Writers.
I have compiled a list of writing workshops you can apply to in 2026.
1. Tin House workshop
2. Lolwe workshops
3. Adroit workshop
4. SprinNG Writing Fellowship
5. Abebi Afrononfiction workshop
6. Idembeka workshop
7 days left for the close of Issue 24 submissions window.
We are open to entries across all genres: poetry, fiction, essays, one-acts, cultural profiles, art, & photography.
Guest editor (poetry): Obiageli Iloakasia (@obby_iloakasia)
Click on the link in bio full guidelines.
Submissions are OPEN! 📬 If you’re spending your night editing that poem or short story, why not send it our way? We’d love to read your work.
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Submission now open for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (spring/summer 2026) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞!
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Give us something different! Give us the feels! Make us cry. Make us laugh. Make us chew on the lasting lines of love.
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13. Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit $25-50
14. Lemonwood Quarterly $200
Please read the submission requirements before submitting. I wish you the best of luck. Don’t forget to retweet so other writers can benefit too. 🫶
Many writers ask me where they can submit their work. I have compiled a list of magazines you can submit to and what they pay.
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1. Propel magazine £20
2. Spectrum literary journal $25-100
3. The Southern Review $25-$300