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March 8 is the deadline to submit prose, poetry, & art to the 50th anniversary issue of Sand Hills Literary Magazine. Open to emerging & established writers across the US. $3 reading fee.
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Sand Hills Literary Magazine Call for Submissions! (50th Anniversary Issue)
Submit prose, poetry, and art to Sand Hills Literary Magazine’s 50th anniversary issue. Open to US writers only.
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February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
March 8 is the deadline to submit prose, poetry, & art to the 50th anniversary issue of Sand Hills Literary Magazine. Open to emerging & established writers across the US. $3 reading fee.
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The Emerging Writers' Contest from Ploughshares is open to fiction, nonfiction & poetry. Winner in each genre receives $2k, publication, & a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. Deadline: March 31. $30 fee.
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Submit to Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest!
Submit your best fiction, nonfiction, or poetry to Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers’ Contest by March 31, 2026. Winners receive $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and more.
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February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The Emerging Writers' Contest from Ploughshares is open to fiction, nonfiction & poetry. Winner in each genre receives $2k, publication, & a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. Deadline: March 31. $30 fee.
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The Winter 2026 issue of Baltimore Review is now online, open-access for readers to enjoy new creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, as well as contest winners selected by final judge Mandy Moe Pwint Tu.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The Winter 2026 issue of Baltimore Review is now online, open-access for readers to enjoy new creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, as well as contest winners selected by final judge Mandy Moe Pwint Tu.
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What do you love about baseball? The National Baseball Poetry Festival wants to know. They are currently accepting entries to their no-fee annual poetry contest. Limit one poem per person. Deadline: March 27.
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National Baseball Poetry Festival Call for Submissions
Submit one baseball or softball-themed poem to the National Baseball Poetry Festival by March 27, 2026. Free entry.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
What do you love about baseball? The National Baseball Poetry Festival wants to know. They are currently accepting entries to their no-fee annual poetry contest. Limit one poem per person. Deadline: March 27.
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#poets #baseball #poetrycontest
About Place Journal is still accepting work on the theme of The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, & Resistance. Deadline: March 10. No reading fee. They publish poetry, prose, visual art, photography, video, & music.
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About Place Journal Call for Submissions: The Ground Beneath Us
About Place Journal is calling for submissions on the theme The Ground Beneath Us for the Spring 2026 edition. No reading fees.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
About Place Journal is still accepting work on the theme of The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, & Resistance. Deadline: March 10. No reading fee. They publish poetry, prose, visual art, photography, video, & music.
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Calling all indie, self-published, & university-published authors! The deadline to submit your books in any genre to the 2026 National Indie Excellence Awards is March 31. $75. Cash & sponsorship prizes awarded.
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2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards
Submit your book to the 2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards and get recognized for excellence and distinction in self and independent publishing.
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February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Calling all indie, self-published, & university-published authors! The deadline to submit your books in any genre to the 2026 National Indie Excellence Awards is March 31. $75. Cash & sponsorship prizes awarded.
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#writers #bookaward
Happy Monday! This is your friendly reminder there is no mail today. While the USPS may not be delivering, NewPages is back with our weekly dose of inspiration, new #litmag issues, recommended reading, & 180 submission opportunities.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Happy Monday! This is your friendly reminder there is no mail today. While the USPS may not be delivering, NewPages is back with our weekly dose of inspiration, new #litmag issues, recommended reading, & 180 submission opportunities.
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The Midwest Quarterly Winter 2026 issue features essay on the theme "Authenticity in the AI Age" as well as a portfolios of new poetry by Roland Sodowsky. Read more at NewPages!
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Magazine Stand :: The Midwest Quarterly - Winter 2026
The Midwest Quarterly Winter 2026 examines authenticity in the AI age through critical essays on ethics, equity, journalism, education.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The Midwest Quarterly Winter 2026 issue features essay on the theme "Authenticity in the AI Age" as well as a portfolios of new poetry by Roland Sodowsky. Read more at NewPages!
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Bold voices, brave stories. That's the kind of work Palooka publishes in their #litmag & chapbooks. They do charge a reading fee. Check out past issues & titles & submit prose, poetry, comics, & more today. Open year-round.
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Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography
Palooka is a global literary magazine seeking bold voices and brave stories. Submit chapbooks, prose, poetry, artwork, photography, and comics year-round. Anonymous reading.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Bold voices, brave stories. That's the kind of work Palooka publishes in their #litmag & chapbooks. They do charge a reading fee. Check out past issues & titles & submit prose, poetry, comics, & more today. Open year-round.
#writers #callforsubmissions
#writers #callforsubmissions
The Missouri Review is accepting entries of fiction, poetry, & essays engaging in evocative ways with health, wellness, & medicine. $1k & publication awarded/genre. $15 early bird fee. Deadline: March 15.
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The Missouri Review's 6th Annual Perkoff Prize Invites Entries
Enter The Missouri Review’s 6th Annual Perkoff Prize by March 15. Winners in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction receive $1,000 and publication in the Winter 2026 issue.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Missouri Review is accepting entries of fiction, poetry, & essays engaging in evocative ways with health, wellness, & medicine. $1k & publication awarded/genre. $15 early bird fee. Deadline: March 15.
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Applications are now open to the Kerouac Project of Orlando's 2026-27 residencies. 6 time slots available per year. Enjoy 7 weeks of uninterrupted writing with $600 grocery stipend & paid utilities. Apply by April 14.
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Write at Jack Kerouac's Residency in Orlando for Seven Weeks
Write where Jack Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums. Apply for the Kerouac Project Orlando residency by April 14, 2026. Fiction, poetry, plays, screenplays welcome.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Applications are now open to the Kerouac Project of Orlando's 2026-27 residencies. 6 time slots available per year. Enjoy 7 weeks of uninterrupted writing with $600 grocery stipend & paid utilities. Apply by April 14.
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There's still time to enter poems & short stories into the Prime Number Magazine Awards. $15 fee. Winner in each genre receives $1k & publication. Two runners-up in each category receive $250 and publication. Deadline: March 31.
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2026 Prime Number Magazine Awards
The 2026 Prime Number Magazine Awards are open to entries of short stories and poetry through March 31, 2026.
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February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
There's still time to enter poems & short stories into the Prime Number Magazine Awards. $15 fee. Winner in each genre receives $1k & publication. Two runners-up in each category receive $250 and publication. Deadline: March 31.
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The Missouri Review Winter 2025 issue features award-winning writing as well as fresh fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on the theme "Strange Bedfellows." Read more at NewPages!
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Magazine Stand :: The Missouri Review - Winter 2025
The Missouri Review themed “Strange Bedfellows” brings together a diverse mix of writing that reflects its theme of unexpected connections.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The Missouri Review Winter 2025 issue features award-winning writing as well as fresh fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on the theme "Strange Bedfellows." Read more at NewPages!
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We're all south of somewhere is the edict of The Blue Mountain Review, a journal o culture. They are open to submissions of poetry, microfiction, fiction, & essays year-round. Read a recent issue & submit today. $5 fee.
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#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
Our Doors are Open
Online literary magazine The Blue Mountain Review believes stories are vital to survival and is open to submissions year-round.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
We're all south of somewhere is the edict of The Blue Mountain Review, a journal o culture. They are open to submissions of poetry, microfiction, fiction, & essays year-round. Read a recent issue & submit today. $5 fee.
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#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
It's Friday the 13th. A good day to stay home and work on your writing & submission goals. Stop on by the NewPages Blog for today's weekly roundup featuring 130+ verified & vetted opportunities.
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#writers #callforsubmissions
Where to Submit Roundup: February 13, 2026
Stop by our February 13, 2026 Where to Submit Roundup for 132 submission opportunities. Hurry mid-month deadlines approaching!
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February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
It's Friday the 13th. A good day to stay home and work on your writing & submission goals. Stop on by the NewPages Blog for today's weekly roundup featuring 130+ verified & vetted opportunities.
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#writers #callforsubmissions
The Beautiful Pause Prize is an annual award for nonfiction - manuscripts and pitches accepted with cash and publication for first and runner-up selections. Read more at NewPages!
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The Beautiful Pause Prize 2026
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February 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The Beautiful Pause Prize is an annual award for nonfiction - manuscripts and pitches accepted with cash and publication for first and runner-up selections. Read more at NewPages!
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Check out recent titles from JackLeg Press to see if your work may be a fit & consider querying them for your own short fiction collections, poetry collections, novels, and creative nonfiction. Open year-round. $5 fee.
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#writers #callformanuscripts
JackLeg Press is Looking for the Next Great Thing
Indie publisher, JackLeg Press is looking for the next great thing! Open to full-length manuscripts of poetry, short fiction, novels, & CNF.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Check out recent titles from JackLeg Press to see if your work may be a fit & consider querying them for your own short fiction collections, poetry collections, novels, and creative nonfiction. Open year-round. $5 fee.
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#writers #callformanuscripts
You have until February 27 to join the latest Jerboa Lit Mini Contest! This is a prompt-based contest. Prompts will be pulled on the 27 & you will have until March 1 to enter your 250-word story. $15 fee. $500 grand prize.
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New from Jerboa Lit: Mini Contests!
Enter Jerboa Lit’s new mini contest! Get a random prompt on Feb. 27 and write a 250‑word story by March 1 for a chance at $500.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
You have until February 27 to join the latest Jerboa Lit Mini Contest! This is a prompt-based contest. Prompts will be pulled on the 27 & you will have until March 1 to enter your 250-word story. $15 fee. $500 grand prize.
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#writers #writingcontest
Have an unpublished novel? The Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize is open to submissions of outstanding first chapters. $20 fee. Grand prize is $1,000! Deadline: March 3.
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#writers #writingcontest @joandempsey.bsky.social
6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize
The 6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize will be awarded for an outstanding first chapter of an unpublished novel.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Have an unpublished novel? The Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize is open to submissions of outstanding first chapters. $20 fee. Grand prize is $1,000! Deadline: March 3.
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#writers #writingcontest @joandempsey.bsky.social
Decolonial Passage will open to submissions in April on the theme of ecology. They seek poetry, short stories, & creative nonfiction where human beings interact with their natural environment & take into consideration arguments of decolonial ecology.
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Decolonial Passage Accepting All Literary Genres for Issue #3: Ecology
Submit poetry, short fiction, and CNF on ecology with decolonial perspectives. Decolonial Passage Issue #3 accepts all genres in April. Deadline: Apr 30, 2026.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Decolonial Passage will open to submissions in April on the theme of ecology. They seek poetry, short stories, & creative nonfiction where human beings interact with their natural environment & take into consideration arguments of decolonial ecology.
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#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
Calling all queer writers! ALOCASIA seeks creative writing about plants, nature, & horticulture from emerging & established writers. View their current garden & consider submitting your traditional & weird works. Open year-round. Paying market!
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Read ALOCASIA: A Journal of Queer Planty Writing!
ALOCASIA publishes queer creative writing about plants, nature, and horticulture. Submit your work or explore their garden of fierce, celebratory voices.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Calling all queer writers! ALOCASIA seeks creative writing about plants, nature, & horticulture from emerging & established writers. View their current garden & consider submitting your traditional & weird works. Open year-round. Paying market!
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#writers #callforsubmissions @alocasiamag.bsky.social
$5,000 post-publication book prize, the New American Voices Award is accepting prose works illuminating the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants. $20 fee. Previous winners include Shubha Sunder & Rachel Heng.
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#writers #bookaward @fallforthebook.bksy.social
2026 New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers
Fall for the Book and the Institute for Immigration Research are accepting entries to the 2026 New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
$5,000 post-publication book prize, the New American Voices Award is accepting prose works illuminating the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants. $20 fee. Previous winners include Shubha Sunder & Rachel Heng.
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#writers #bookaward @fallforthebook.bksy.social
Sand Hills Literary Magazine is celebrating 50 years & is seeking prose, poetry, & art from emerging & established writers & artists in the United States. Open through March 8. $3 fee.
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#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
Sand Hills Literary Magazine Call for Submissions! (50th Anniversary Issue)
Submit prose, poetry, and art to Sand Hills Literary Magazine’s 50th anniversary issue. Open to US writers only.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Sand Hills Literary Magazine is celebrating 50 years & is seeking prose, poetry, & art from emerging & established writers & artists in the United States. Open through March 8. $3 fee.
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
Calling all emerging writers (haven't published/self-published a book)! Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest is open to submissions of fiction, nonfiction, & poetry through March 31. $30 fee (includes 1-year subscription). Winners receive $2k & publication.
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#writingcontest @pshares.bsky.social
Submit to Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest!
Submit your best fiction, nonfiction, or poetry to Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers’ Contest by March 31, 2026. Winners receive $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and more.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Calling all emerging writers (haven't published/self-published a book)! Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest is open to submissions of fiction, nonfiction, & poetry through March 31. $30 fee (includes 1-year subscription). Winners receive $2k & publication.
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#writingcontest @pshares.bsky.social
New writing prompt is up: Auditory Illusions.
We’re exploring the sounds we think we hear: echoes of past relationships, a voice calling your name in an empty room, strange in‑betweens where emotion reshapes perception.
What does your character hear that no one else does?
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We’re exploring the sounds we think we hear: echoes of past relationships, a voice calling your name in an empty room, strange in‑betweens where emotion reshapes perception.
What does your character hear that no one else does?
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The Words Under the Words: Writing Through Auditory Illusions
Explore writing prompts on auditory illusions, misheard sounds, and emotional echo. Use subtext, uncanny voices, and perception to deepen your storytelling.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM
New writing prompt is up: Auditory Illusions.
We’re exploring the sounds we think we hear: echoes of past relationships, a voice calling your name in an empty room, strange in‑betweens where emotion reshapes perception.
What does your character hear that no one else does?
#writers #writingprompt
We’re exploring the sounds we think we hear: echoes of past relationships, a voice calling your name in an empty room, strange in‑betweens where emotion reshapes perception.
What does your character hear that no one else does?
#writers #writingprompt