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Issue 16 of Muleskinner Journal is themed "Sabotage"! They want your beautiful wreckage, quiet detonations, elaborate ruses, & betrayals of self. Send work on this theme by December 15. No fee. Tip jar options available.
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Rabble Review is accepting CNF, poetry, hybrid forms, essays, criticism, & visual art that critically examine the capitalist societies we live in. No reading fee! Submit to Issue 10 by November 23.
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Poets in the Pines is open for submissions for their second anthology! Send poetry, flash, hybrid, art, & more for Made from Midnight: Delirium. Deadline: January 16, 2026. No fee. Editor feedback with small donation.
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Halloween is the season of returns—ghosts, curses, old fears. But cycles aren’t just spooky. They’re human.
This week’s prompt:
“Something has returned that was never meant to.”
Write horror, write history, write heartache. Break the loop—or embrace it.
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Omnidawn’s Fabulist Fiction Contest is back!
Prize: $1000 + book publication.
Send your weird, wonderful literary fiction by November 16.
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Jami Macarty reviews Abbie Kiefer's 'Certain Shelter,' which explores "the intersection of personal and communal loss, focusing on a woman balancing responsibilities to her children and aging parents."
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NewPages Newsletter #204 is live! Inside:
✅ Fresh read from New Letters
✅ Reviews of Girl in a Bear Suit, The Payback, and What Good is Heaven
✅ A spooky inspiration prompt to close out October
✨ Grab your cocoa, cozy up, and click through for all the literary goodness!
Jami Macarty reviews the debut collection 'What Good is Heaven' by Raye Hendrix, whose "moody poems draw from the Southern Gothic tradition." Read more at NewPages!
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Stop by the NewPages Blog for our weekly roundup up of submission opportunities. This week's batch includes 113. There are several closing next Friday, so don't miss out!
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Prompt time: Playing Telephone.
Think of a message on the move—a whispered phrase, a garbled voicemail, a cosmic signal. Does it survive? Does it change?
Bonus challenge: Deconstruct an email/letter and rebuild it as collage or blackout poetry.
Let distortion lead you.
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✍️ RCC MUSE wants your words!
Spring 2026 general submissions are open (no fee to submit fiction, nonfiction, & poetry) + entries for the Spangler Poetry Award.
📚 Up to 3 poems on childhood for a chance at $200 + publication.
💰 Fee: $5
⏳ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
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The National Indie Excellence Awards celebrates outstanding books from self-published authors, indie presses, & university publishers across a variety of genres.
⏳ Deadline: March 31, 2026. There is a fee.
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Got an unpublished collection of short stories? The Press 53 Award for Short Fiction is currently accepting entries!
⏳ Deadline: Dec 31
💰 Fee: $30 | Prize: $1,000 + publication
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🌅 New voices wanted! The Dolomite Review is seeking work for its debut issue (theme: new beginnings & firsts; theme is a guide, not a rule). Fiction, poetry, essays welcome! $3.50 fee.
⏳ Deadline: Oct 31
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🚗 Got road stories?
Midnight Mind Magazine wants your essays, travel journals, fiction & poetry exploring car culture & the American road trip. No reading fee!
⏳ Deadline: November 3
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💡 Love micro writing? Don't forget The Headlight Review wants your tiny stories & prose poems for “Mighty Micros”!
⏳ Deadline: Oct 31
📏 Max: 400 words (up to 3 pieces)
💰 Fee: $5
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✨ Early Bird Special Ends Soon!
Next Generation Short Story Awards
⏳ Deadline: Feb 26, 2026
💰 Enter by Oct 31 for a FREE 2nd category!
🏆 Cash prizes + anthology publication
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Ready to share your best work?
Ploughshares is looking for fresh voices during their Regular Reading Period!
✨ Send your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or longform prose for a chance to appear in a future issue.
⏳ Deadline: November 15, 2025
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Jami Macarty reviews Jen Jabaily-Blackburn's debut poetry collection, 'Girl in a Bear Suit,' which "challenges us to reconsider the stories we tell, shaping our understanding of the female experience."
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Ever wonder when love for art becomes a cage? This week’s prompt dives into The Fanatic’s Paradox. Write, paint, compose—break the grip of expectation.
Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly inspiration & submission opportunities.
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Did you know Omnidawn has relaunched its Fabulist Fiction Contest? They seek literary tales of the weird and wonderful through November 16. Winner receives $1,000, publication, & 20 copies. Judge: Arria Deepwater. $30 fee.
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Poets in the Pine are open to submissions for their next Made from Midnight anthology: Delirium. They seek poetry, flash fiction, hybrid prose, art, & experimental structures. No fee. Paid feedback option available. Deadline: January 16.
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The Wishing Jewel Prize from Green Linden Press seeks manuscripts of poetic innovation for publication. Winner receives $1k & book publication. Send work that questions boundaries while engaging the rich possibilities of lyrical expression. Deadline: Nov 20. There is a fee.
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New poetry release: Where Heaven Sinks by María Esquinca honors borderland culture & resilience. Bold, experimental, unforgettable. Get your copy from UN Press!
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Kevin Brown reviews 'The Payback' by Kashana Cauley, a social satire in which fired stylist Jada leads a daring heist to erase crushing student debt. Read more at NewPages!
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December 31 is the deadline for girls & young gender-expansive artists ages 14-21 to submit poetry, prose, & art of any style or theme to online journal Girls Right the World. No reading fee.
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Palooka 15 features work by Katherine Flynn, Eric Day, & Judith Skillman. Get your copy today & consider sending fiction, CNF, poetry, comics, & art to future issues. Also open to chapbook submissions year-round. Fees vary.
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Time to slow down a bit and enjoy some new issues from great lit mags, book reviews, a new mag launching soon, & 100+ submission opportunities.
Dive into the weekly NewPages Newsletter now.
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Eleanor J. Bader reviews 'Now We Are Here: Family, Migration, Children’s Education, and Dreams for a Better Life' by Gabrielle Oliveira, "... essential reading for educators and those working with Central American immigrants."
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