Dogwood

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Dogwood is an annual teaching journal publishing anonymous fiction, nonfiction, and poetry through a contest and free non-contest submissions.

Response time info: within 4 months of the September 5 contest deadline; contest decisions by January 15

Read the full guidelines at dogwoodliterary.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: Waived for incarcerated writers.Pays: Contest winners receive $1,000.

Open to: incarcerated writers may use this year-round submission route; previously published work is not eligible.

Incarcerated writers may submit to the contest year-round by mail, email, or CorrLinks, with submission fees waived.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: Waived for incarcerated writers.Pays: Contest winners receive $1,000.

Open to: incarcerated writers may use this year-round submission route; previously published work is not eligible.

Incarcerated writers may submit to the contest year-round by mail, email, or CorrLinks, with submission fees waived.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee: Waived for incarcerated writers.Pays: Contest winners receive $1,000.

Open to: incarcerated writers may use this year-round submission route; previously published work is not eligible.

Incarcerated writers may submit to the contest year-round by mail, email, or CorrLinks, with submission fees waived.

fictionLiteraryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Annual contest and free non-contest submissions are accepted July 1-September 5. Submit fiction up to 22 pages; simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously published work is ineligible. Contest winners receive $1,000.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Annual contest and free non-contest submissions are accepted July 1-September 5. Submit nonfiction up to 22 pages; simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously published work is ineligible. Contest winners receive $1,000.

poetryLiteraryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Annual contest and free non-contest submissions are accepted July 1-September 5. Submit one to three poems totaling no more than ten pages; simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously published work is ineligible. Contest winners receive $1,000.

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