Current Contest

New Beginnings

Following the theme of “New Beginnings,” Four Tulips is accepting submissions of short fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry following the submission guidelines below.

The New Beginnings writing contest is open until May 20.

All contest submissions receive either an acceptance or rejection notification, and all contest submissions are automatically entered to the end-of-year contest with a cash prize.

Submission Guidelines

Prose: Submit no more than one prose piece at a time. Prose formatting should be single-spaced and no longer than 2,000 words. Submit as Microsoft Word or PDF.

Poetry: Submit no more than three poems at a time. Poems should be formatted single-spaced as a Microsoft Word or a PDF file.

Include your full name, the title of your submission, your email address, and a short 100-word bio. We do not accept submissions previously published in other publications including those that have been self-published. We do, however, accept submissions previously published on personal blogs.

Four Tulips is now on Duotrope! You can also submit to the New Beginnings Writing contest using the link below.