Action, Spectacle
Open now for other work, poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.
Last checkedAction, Spectacle is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid work, with year-round general submissions and annual contests.
Submission calls
Chapbook Contest: submit 20–32 manuscript pages of poetry or prose, with no more than one poem per page. Translations are admissible, and individual works may have been published elsewhere, but the manuscript as a whole must not have been published before. Deadline: December 31 each year.
Full-length poetry manuscript contest: submit a 50–120-page manuscript in English as a Word document or PDF. Translations into English are accepted. Deadline: December 31 each year; publication occurs within a year of acceptance.
General submissions are read year-round. Short fiction and hybrid or collaborative work are welcome; submit all text as one Word document. Previously unpublished work only.
General submissions are read year-round. Flash fiction and hybrid or collaborative work are welcome; submit all text as one Word document. Previously unpublished work only.
General submissions are read year-round. Essays and hybrid or collaborative work are welcome; submit all text as one Word document. Previously unpublished work only.
General submissions are read year-round. Poetry, translations, and hybrid or collaborative work are welcome; submit all text as one Word document. Previously unpublished work only.
Annual Editors’ Poetry & Prose Prize: submit one previously unpublished fiction piece in a Word document, up to 8,500 words. Deadline: October 1 each year. Winner receives $1,000 and finalists and winner receive publication.
Annual Editors’ Poetry & Prose Prize: submit one previously unpublished nonfiction piece in a Word document, up to 8,500 words. Deadline: October 1 each year. Winner receives $1,000 and finalists and winner receive publication.
Annual Editors’ Poetry & Prose Prize: submit any number of poems up to 10 pages. Entries must be previously unpublished. Deadline: October 1 each year; the winner receives $1,000 and finalists and winner receive publication.
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