North Carolina Literary Review

Open to: By or related to North Carolina: submitters may currently live in North Carolina, have lived there, or use North Carolina as subject matter.

Fiction is accepted September 15 through October 31 for the Doris Betts Fiction Prize competition; the winner receives $250 and a full scholarship, with finalists considered for publication and receiving $250 honoraria. Contest results are announced within 4 months of the deadline.

Open to: By or related to North Carolina: submitters may currently live in North Carolina, have lived there, or use North Carolina as subject matter.

One-act plays are welcome year-round unless related to a special feature topic, in which case they must meet that feature’s August 31 preceding-year deadline; unrelated plays should be submitted to North Carolina Miscellany, or to Flashbacks if related to a past feature.

Creative nonfiction is accepted January 15 through March 1 for the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize competition; the winner receives at least $250 of $1000 prize funding and publication, and finalists are considered for publication and receive honoraria. Contest results are announced within 4 months of the deadline.

Poetry is accepted April 1–30 for NCLR’s James Applewhite Poetry Prize competition; the winner receives $250 and publication, and finalists are considered for publication and receive honoraria. Contest results are announced within 4 months of the deadline.

NCLR continues to call for pedagogical content related to North Carolina literature; the page directs writers to separate pedagogical submission guidelines.