Hello Summer! The poetry list is back with over 140 poetry competitions, writing submissions and opportunities open or with deadlines in June 2022.
It’s been a slow start to the month for me kicking off with an internet outage – Mercury retrograde or a reminder from the Universe that summer is a time to slow down and take things easy? History will decide. Despite tech woes, the Fool’s Gold | Writing the Tarot workshop went without a hitch last weekend and the Writing Slant | Making a Poem 6-week course is now up and running, with a new group of writers eager to develop and hone their craft. Last week, we looked at expanding the world of the poem and drew inspiration from Barbara Guest, Annie Dillard, Robert MacFarlane, Maggie Smith and more.
Ideas are already brewing for a new summer writing challenge – look out for more information at the beginning of July. And, if you want to get the scoop on upcoming events before everyone else, take advantage of early-bird prices, AND have the poetry list delivered straight to your inbox each month, jump on the mailing list here.
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JUNE 2022
Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year – Poetry – closes 3 June (submit online)
Write by the Sea Writing Competitions – Poetry, Fiction, Flash – closes 3 June (submit online)
Eat the Storms – Poetry, Fiction, Art, theme: Eat the Storms – closes 4 June (submit online)
iOTA Shot Poetry Pamphlet Awards – Poetry manuscript (15-20 pages) – closes 6 June (submit online)
Mslexia Showcase – Poetry, theme: Keys – closes 6 June (submit online)
Under the Radar Magazine – Poetry – closes 7 June (submit online)
Abridged 0-82 – Poetry, Art, theme: Axis – closes 10 June (submit online)
Live Canon Poetry Collection Competition – Poetry manuscript (35+ poems) – closes 10 June (submit online)
Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize – Poetry manuscript (20 pages) – closes 12 June (submit online)
HOWL Writing – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Art & Photography – closes 12 June (submit online)#
Aurora Prize for Writing – Poetry, Fiction – closes 13 June (submit online)
Channel Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Essay, Art – closes 15 June (submit online)
Chicago Review – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction – closes 15 June (submit online)
Fourteen Hills – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Art – closes 15 June (submit online)
Imposter Lit – Poetry, theme: Geography – closes 15 June (submit online)
Petrichor Magazine – Poetry, Visual Poetry, Video, Art – closes 15 June (submit online)
The Four Faced Liar – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Creative Non-Fiction, Art – closes 15 June (submit online)
The MacGuffin Poem Hunt – Poetry – closes 15 June (submit online)
Visual Verse – Poetry, Flash, Non-Fiction – closes 15 June (submit online)
Michael Hartnett Poetry Award – Poetry Collection in English (3rd or subsequent collection) – closes 17 June (submit online)
Palette Poetry Sappho Prize for Women Poets – Poetry – closes 19 June (submit online)
The Straid Poetry Collection Awards – Poetry manuscript (38+ pages) – closes 20 June (submit online)
The Poetry Kit Spring Competition – Poetry – closes 21 June (submit online)
The Arts Council Agility Award – All artists – closes 23 June (submit online)
The Arts Council Literature Bursary Award – All genres – closes 23 June (submit online)
The Mechanic Institute Review – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction – closes 24 June (submit online)
The Puritan – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction – closes 25 June (submit online)
14 Magazine – Poetry (14 lines) – closes 30 June (submit online)
Alba – Poetry (12 lines max.) – closes 30 June (submit online)
Alchemy Spoon – Poetry, theme: Space – closes 30 June (submit online)
Bath Magg – Poetry – closes 30 June (submit online)
Candlestick Press – Poetry, theme: Christmas Stories – closes 30 June (submit online)
Fawn Press Poetry Pamphlets – Poetry manuscript (18-25 poems) – closes 30 June (submit online)
Fingal Poetry Festival Competitions – Poetry (English & Irish) – closes 30 June (submit online)
Granta – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction – closes 30 June (submit online)#
Long Poem Magazine – Poetry (75 lines min.) – closes 30 June (submit online)
Mud Season Review – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Art – closes 30 June (submit online)
Okay Donkey – Poetry, Flash – closes 30 June (submit online)
Poetry Birmingham – Poetry – closes 30 June (submit online)
Poetry London Competition – Poetry – closes 30 June (submit online)
Queen Mary Wasifiri New Writing Prize – Poetry, Fiction, Memoir – closes 30 June (submit online)
Rhino Poetry – Poetry – closes 30 June (submit online)
Rust + Moth – Poetry – closes 30 June (submit online)
Split Lip Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Memoir and more – closes 30 June (submit online)
The Fairy Tale Review: The Rainbow Issue – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Art (queer writers only) – closes 30 June (submit online)
Wells Festival of Literature Open Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 30 June (submit online)
Whale Road Review – Poetry, Flash – closes 30 June (submit online)
AUB International Poetry Prize – Poetry – closes 1 July (submit online)
The Barbara Mandingo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards – Poetry, theme: Peace & the Human Spirit – closes 1 July (submit online)
Duck Duck Mongoose – Poetry, Flash – closes 3 July (submit online)
Coverstory Books International Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 4 July (submit online)
Lyrik Kabinett Poet-in-Residence – Poetry – closes 4 July (submit online)
OPPORTUNITIES WITH RECURRING DEADLINES
Ó Bhéal Five Words – Poetry – deadline each week, annual prize (submit online)
OPPORTUNITIES WITH OPEN SUBMISSION PERIODS IN JUNE 2022
The Shahidah Janjua Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 8 July (submit online)
McLellan Poetry Competition – Poetry – closes 10 July (submit online)
Frontier Open Poetry Award – Poetry – closes 17 July (submit online)
Ambit Competitions – Poetry, Fiction, Art – closes 31 July (submit online)
Winchester Poetry Prize – Poetry – closes 31 Jul (submit online)
Impossible Archetype – Poetry (LGBTQ+ poets of all genders) – closes 1 Aug (submit online)
Acumen – Poetry – open (submit online)
Agenda – Poetry, Essays, Reviews – open (submit online)
Ambit – Poetry, Fiction, Art – open (submit online)
A New Ulster – Poetry, Fiction, Artwork – open (submit online)
Anthropocene – Poetry – open (submit online)
Antipoetry Magazine – Poetry – open (submit online)
Apartment Poetry – Poetry – open (submit online)
Atrium – Poetry – open (submit online)
Bear Review – Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Artwork – open (submit online)
Bending Genres – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction – open (submit online)
Brittle Star – Poetry, Fiction – open (submit online)
Carve Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction – open (submit online)
Cheat River Review – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Non-Fiction – open (submit online)
Crow & Cross Keys – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, theme: Gothic – open (submit online)
Crowstep Journal – Poetry – open (submit online)
Damnation – Poetry, Prose, Flash – open (submit online)
Disabled Tales – Poetry, Fiction, Essay – open (submit online)
Dreich Mag – Poetry – open (submit online)
Driftwood Press – Poetry, Fiction, Literary Criticism – open (submit online)
Dust Poetry – Poetry – open (submit online)
Empty Mirror – Poetry, Non-fiction, Visual Art (committed to diversity & inclusion) – open (submit online)
Fecund Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Essay & more (POC only) – open (submit online)
FIVE:2:ONE – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Artwork by underrepresented writers (POC, LGTBQ, non-binary, neurodivergent, trauma survivors etc.) – open (submit online)
Frontier Poetry – Poetry – open (submit online)
Fruit Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Hybrid (LGBTQI+, with emphasis on unheard voices – POC, trans, working class) – open (submit online)
Guernica – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Photo Essays – open (submit by post)
Hosking Houses Trust Residencies – Women writers over 40 (all genres – must have contract to publish / broadcast / perform) – open (submit online)
Idler – Poetry, Fiction, Essays – open (submit online)
Ink Sweat & Tears – Poetry – open (submit online)
Irish Literary Review – Poetry – open (submit online)
Jaden Magazine – Poetry, Non-fiction, Flash, Art & Photography (writers of colour/underrepresented writers) – open (submit online)
Lighthouse Literary Journal – Poetry & Short Fiction – open (submit online)
LitMag – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Essays – open (submit online)
Lunate – Poetry, Fiction, Flash – open (submit online)
New Contrast – Poetry, Fiction – open (submit online)
Neon Magazine – Poetry, Flash, Art and more – open (submit online)
Omelette Literary Magazine – Poetry, Visual Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Creative Non-fiction & more – open (submit online)
One – Poetry, a single poem – open (submit online)
Orbis – Poetry – open (submit by post (UK) or online (overseas only))
PANK – Poetry – open (submit online)
Palette Poetry – Poetry (under-represented and marginalized voices of all colors encouraged to submit) – open (submit online)
Peepal Tree Press – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction manuscripts from Black & Caribbean writers – open (submit online)
Pigeon Pages – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction – open (submit online)
POETRY Magazine – Poetry (submit online)
Poetry Ireland Review – Poetry – open (submit by post)
Poetry London – Poetry – open (submit by post or online)
Poetry Salzburg – Poetry – open (submit by post or online)
Poetry Wales – Poetry – open (submit by post or online)
Porridge Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Art – open (submit online)
PN Review – Poetry, Essays, Reviews – open (submit by post)
Prole – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction – open (submit online)
Riggwelter – Poetry, Short Fiction, Visual Art – (submit online)
River Styx – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Drama, Visual Art – open (submit online)
Shakespeare & Co Tumbleweeds Residency – all writers – open (submit online)
Sine Theta Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Art (Sino diaspora only. People of Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, or Macau heritage, who live anywhere away from the original ‘homeland’ of that heritage – rolling deadlines, email to express interest (submit online)
South Bank Poetry – Poetry – open (submit online)
Spry Literary Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Creative Non-fiction, Artwork – open (submit online)
Squawk Back – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Reviews, Plays – open (submit online)
Stand Magazine – Poetry, Fiction – open (submit online)
Stepaway Magazine – Poetry, Flash Fiction, theme: walking in the city – open (submit online)
Sunday Mornings at the River – Poetry – open (submit online)
Tears in the Fence – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Brooklyn Quarterly – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Translation, Humour – open (submit online)
The Cardiff Review – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Flash (preference given to students and unpublished graduates of Creative Writing, English Literature & Journalism) – open (submit online)
The Compass Magazine – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Curly Mind – Poetry, theme: experimental – open (submit online)
The Dark Horse – Poetry – open (submit by post)
The Ellis Review – Poetry, published weekly – open (submit online)
The Galway Review – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Reviews, Plays – open (submit online)
The Lake – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Lascaux Review – Poetry, Fiction, Essays – open (submit online)
The Lincoln Review – Poetry, Flash, Creative Non-fiction, Essays and more (actively encourages writers, artists, and photographers who come from marginalised and underprivileged backgrounds) – open (submit online)
The London Magazine – Poetry, Non-Fiction, Art – open (submit online)
The Missouri Review – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction – open (submit online)
The Moth – Poetry, Fiction – open (submit online)
The Offing – Poetry, Translation, Art and more – open (submit online)
The Ofi Press Magazine – Poetry & Short Fiction – open (submit online)
The Poetry Village – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Poetry Review – Poetry – open (submit online)
The Sea Letter – Poetry, Fiction, Artwork – open (submit online)
The Selkie – Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Features (marginalised and/or under-represented voices incl. women (or identify as), people of colour, immigrants, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent and more) – open (submit online)
The Seventh Quarry – Short Poetry – open (submit online)
The Southeast Review – Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Reviews, Artwork – open (submit online)
The Sun Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Interviews – open (submit online)
The Times Literary Supplement – Poetry (submit by post)
Three Drops From a Cauldron – Poetry, Flash, theme: Myth, Folklore, Fables, Fairytales – on hiatus (submit online)
Tinderbox Poetry Journal – Poetry – open (submit online)
Trasna – Poetry, Fiction, Essays (open to writers across the world who consider Ireland a home in some regard) – open (submit online)
Wildness – Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction – open (submit online)
Best of luck!
If you have a competition or journal with a deadline in JUNE 2022, and it is not included above, feel free to add the details with a link in the comments section below!
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