Get posted/Get published: December 2024

If you need time away from family celebrations and holiday shopping this month, here are some excuses you can use for your solitary writing spells.

Boulevard’s 2024 short fiction contest is for writers who have not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press. Deadline is Dec 31, 2024.

The 2025 Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award is open and seeking poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and play scripts that engage with feminism, race, and transnationalism. Deadline is Dec 31, 2024.

If you only have time for 100 words, look into The Drabble Harvest contest. The theme is Hunting with the Wolves. Deadline is Dec 31, 2024.

The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 is now open. Deadline is Jan 31, 2025.

After Happy Hour is seeking writing on the topic of food for its 4th contest issue. Deadline is Jan 31, 2025.