OPEN
General Submissions
We are accepting an open call for submissions through October 31, 2024. We seek illumination on the landscape of the human condition. Show us what is hiding in the shadows. [We have a large backlog of work; please know we are trying our best. We undertake the review process with care.]
2025 Montana Prize for Fiction
Once a year, Whitefish Review offers a $1000 prize, winner-takes-all, for the best story submitted to our fiction contest, judged by author Rick Bass. Submissions for the 2025 prize are open Oct 1, 2024 - Feb 15, 2025. Submission link at bottom of page. $25 submission fee is a fundraiser for our journal.
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PREVIOUS CALLS NOW CLOSED
2024 MONTANA PRIZE FOR HUMOR
(open to all creative folks around the world!)
Submissions: May 1 - Sept 30, 2024
Head judge: Molly McNearney
$1000 prize and publication in Whitefish Review
Molly McNearney is co-head writer and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the executive producer and writer of the 2024 Oscars. A Second City and ImprovOlympic alum, she produces and writes for the Primetime Emmys, and her credits cross over into film, other television, and acting. Comedy almost lost her to journalism, but we’re thankful she knew we need more humor in the world than news. Molly has the utmost respect for writers and invites authentic, fearless submissions.
Please purchase a copy or become a subscriber and help keep this beautiful venture afloat.
FUNDRAISING
Whitefish Review accepts tax-deductible donations to keep our beautiful adventure afloat.
Once a year, Whitefish Review offers a $1000 prize, winner-takes-all, for the best story submitted to our fiction contest, judged by author Rick Bass.
What Rick looks for in a submission:
"I'm so hungry for good stories, I will simply choose the best submission regardless of theme. That said, Shakespeare reported that all literature is about loss....so the odds are that the winning story will look at loss in some way. But who knows? Surprise me. What makes me smile when I read a good story? The basics. Beauty. Attentiveness. Crystalline specificity in an era of great uncertainty. The basics. Hold the adverbs."
The submission fee is a fundraiser for our journal. Thank you for your support.