My Roundup of FREE Places to Submit Your Writing This July 2024
- Kristi My
- Jun 25, 2024
- 2 min read
At first, I was going to compile a list of the free places I was going to submit to this month. However, after I started pulling together this list, I noticed how long it got. I ended up deciding that it would be a better resource if I just compiled and shared what I found for my fellow writers.
I'm not going to say that this is a full and comprehensive list of places to send writing this month. After all, there are many fantastic places that are taking work that I haven't included on this list. These are just a few that I found and pulled together as a writer who is interested in getting my work out there while not having to pay a reading fee.
For the most part, I have a section of writing contests, and then I have a list of magazines with deadlines this coming month (or on August 1). Full disclosure: I will be pulling the submission details from each website instead of writing it up myself because I would hate to disseminate inaccurate information.
If you're here reading this, I am going to wish you good luck. With rejections existing at 99%, we are all going to need it.
Submit Your Writing to Contests and Competitions
Submitting directly to a writing contest is different than submitting to a magazine because the awards could be different (from a money prize to a publication opportunity). The turnaround time could also be different, since the organizations that have put out these contests have set aside time to judge them. When you submit to a magazine, you could be waiting anywhere between a month and beyond a year, depending on how big their submission pool is.
Richard J. Margolis Award
Deadline: July 1
Website for Further Information: https://www.margolisaward.org/apply-for-the-rjm-award
The award honors the life of Richard J. Margolis (1929-1991), a renowned journalist, essayist and poet who gave eloquent voice to the rural poor, migrant farmworkers, Native Americans, aging adults and others whose voices are seldom heard. He also wrote several books for children.
The award combines a one-month residency at Blue Mountain Center, an acclaimed writers' and artists' colony in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, with a $5,000 prize (finalists receive $1,000 but no residency)."
Press 53: Monthly 53-Word Story Contest
Briefly Write Poetry Prize 2024
Surging Tide: The Summer Writing Contest
2025 PEN/Bare Life Review Grants
Granum Foundation
The Moonlit Getaway Grand Opening Contest
Submit Your Writing to Magazines
The main goal for sending out work to a magazine is pretty straightforward: publication. Magazine publications will help you build your professional writing portfolio and demonstrate your skills and experience. You might be waiting for a while (sometimes it feels like forever), but if publication is your main goal, then this is one of the cases where patience is truly a virtue.
Able Muse
Deadline: July 15
Genres: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction
Website for Further Information: https://www.ablemuse.com/submit
Description: "Able Muse publishes metrical poetry and poetry translation, along with art, fiction, and nonfiction (essays, book reviews, and interviews that focus on metrical and formal poetry)."
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