http://www.jusfc.gov/creative-artists-programs/ — No entry fee. The Japan Creative Artist Residencies Program awards up to five three-month residencies, each of which includes a monthly stipend of $20,000 for living expenses, housing, and professional support. Open to published U.S. poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to live in Japan and pursue creative projects. Each residency also includes a travel grant of up to...

FEMRITE is calling for submissions for the 6th Residency for African Women Writers, which will be co-hosted with the Swedish literary magazine Karavan, in October 2014. The 10-Day Writing Residency aims to give women writers space to reflect on their writing, connect with one another, read each others’ manuscripts and give feedback, interact with established writers and build literary bridges across cultures of the continent. The residency is...

NELLIGAN PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION https://nelliganprize.submittable.com/submit — $17 ENTRY FEE. $2,000 will be awarded for the best short story, which will be published in the fall/winter 2014 issue of Colorado Review. Deadline March 15, 2014. There are no theme restrictions, but stories must be under 50 pages. Visit the website for details:...

ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD http://www.ablemusepress.com/ablemuse-book-award — $25 ENTRY FEE. $1,000 prize plus publication of the winning manuscript by Able Muse Press. Finalists will also be considered for publication. Entry deadline: March 31, 2014. A poetry manuscript of 50 to 120 pages.

The 13th Annual Poetry Super Highway Great Poetry Exchange The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people’s poetry as possible. What? – Send a book – Get a book In February 2014, the Poetry Super Highway will coordinate a great free exchange of poetry publications amongst poets worldwide. It’s not a contest. There are no judges, entry fees, winners, or losers. Last year, 76...

Submission Guidelines: Phenomenal Literature welcomes unsolicited submissions from novels, poetry, short stories, drama, plays, translations, book reviews, interviews, biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, essays, travelogues and creative writing. We will only consider work that has not been previously published, whether in print or on the web. Type your paragraph here. We read submissions round the year and you are requested to wait until you...