Driftwood Press

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Driftwood Press is an independent publisher and literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, chapbooks, collections, novellas, comics, and an annual anthology.

Response time info: four to nine months for novellas, with a target of six months

Read the full guidelines at driftwoodpress.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Jan 31, 2027Fee: $30.00 USDPays: Grand Prize: $400 USD; runner-ups: $200 USD.

In-house short story contest accepting fiction only from September 1 through January 31. Fiction must be 1,000-5,000 words, unpublished, written in English, and not AI-generated. The submission fee is $30; all submitters receive a Driftwood Press fiction title. Grand Prize is $400 and runner-ups receive $200.

fictionLiteraryFee: $19.99Pays: $500 cash reward, ten copies, and 20% royalties after the first 100 copies are sold.

Novella submissions are currently open. The press seeks crafted, character-driven novellas with tangible worlds, dimensional relationships, and thematic and narrative arcs; it generally avoids young adult, fantasy, romance, science fiction, and mainstream mystery but welcomes strange and surreal narratives. Recommended length is 20,000-30,000 words. Submissions typically take four to nine months, with a target of six.

otherFee: $250.00 USD

Editors & Writers Seminar is a five-week course beginning on a Monday selected by the applicant; applicants submit a 200-word statement of interest and a 100-word biography. The cost is $250 USD.

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