Writing Submissions + Contests for Students
Note: When submitting, always read the guidelines carefully; every journal and contest has its own needs and requirements. Pay attention to deadlines, page limits, formatting, simultaneous/multiple submissions, and more.
Check out the New Pages Guide: Publications for Young Writers. Lists journals for undergraduates and younger writers. They also compile a list specifically of journals run by undergraduates: Undergrad Lit Mags . Here is the page specifically for North Carolina.
Poets & Writers is a great resource not only for a listing of literary magazines but for all things writing.
Spring
Charlotte Writers’ Club contests: The Elizabeth Simpson Smith Short Story Contest and the CWC Poetry Contest
Atlantis Magazine at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington accepts creative work only from undergraduate and graduate students in the state of North Carolina.
Open submissions for undergraduate writers for the 2023 edition of Portals Literary Arts Magazine from Cape Fear Community College through March 31
MSU Denver’s literary journal The Roadrunner Review is open for submissions from students and others from Feb. 7-April 12.
Fall
Nova Literary Arts Magazine, UNC Charlotte’s student-run journal, deadline usually in November.