Boudin

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Boudin is the online companion to The McNeese Review, publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrids, and other creative writing.

Submission calls

fictionHorrorEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 11Fee: $3Pays: Boudin is not a paying market; this issue offers contest prizes of $100, $50, and $25.

Open to: Current McNeese State University students and employees are ineligible; McNeese alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. International submissions are eligible, but cannot receive prize money.

“Boo”din: Creepy Crawlies seeks subtle, creepy, and unsettling fiction, creative nonfiction, or hybrid work under 7,000 words, without gratuitous violence or gore; submissions are limited to one per person. The live Submittable deadline is October 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM.

nonfictionHorrorEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 11Fee: $3Pays: Boudin is not a paying market; this issue offers contest prizes of $100, $50, and $25.

Open to: Current McNeese State University students and employees are ineligible; McNeese alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. International submissions are eligible, but cannot receive prize money.

“Boo”din: Creepy Crawlies seeks subtle, creepy, and unsettling creative nonfiction, fiction, or hybrid work under 7,000 words, without gratuitous violence or gore; submissions are limited to one per person. The live Submittable deadline is October 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM.

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 16Fee: NonePays: Boudin is not a paying market; contributors receive promotion.

Open to: Current McNeese State University students and employees are ineligible; McNeese alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. International submissions are eligible, but cannot receive prize money for the contest issue.

The hope/solar/punk issue seeks fiction, CNF, and hybrid work under 3,000 words about community, decolonization, sustainability, and radical kindness; submissions close November 15, 2026. The Submittable form lists November 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 16Fee: NonePays: Boudin is not a paying market; contributors receive promotion.

Open to: Current McNeese State University students and employees are ineligible; McNeese alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. International submissions are eligible, but cannot receive prize money for the contest issue.

The hope/solar/punk issue seeks creative nonfiction, fiction, and hybrid work under 3,000 words about community, decolonization, sustainability, and radical kindness; submissions close November 15, 2026. The Submittable form lists November 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 16Fee: NonePays: Boudin is not a paying market; contributors receive promotion.

Open to: Current McNeese State University students and employees are ineligible; McNeese alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. McNeese alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation.

The hope/solar/punk issue welcomes up to three poems or microfictions under 250 words each, attached in one document, on community, decolonization, sustainability, and radical kindness; submissions close November 15, 2026. The Submittable form lists November 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM.

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The 2026 Boudin Novelette Chapbook Contest seeks one unpublished original story manuscript of 25–40 manuscript pages; the deadline was September 15, 2026, with a $20 entry fee and a $1,000 winner’s prize.

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