Award-winning author and podcaster Debra Eckerling shares eight components of your author platform for your book proposal.

The Short Story Prize  From 1990 until 2014, the biannual journal Short Story published a grab bag of short stories, critical articles, essays, interviews, and book reviews. It represented a unique contribution to the literary world. Well, it’s back—with a new look and vision under the auspices of the North American Review. For a time, the two publications shared an institutional home at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and after a more than decade-long hiatus, the NAR is...

Discover the top design tools authors use to create compelling book ads — from beginner-friendly to advanced options for every budget.

The holidays are magical, aren’t they? They are so full of light and cheer and good food and fine wine and family. They are overrun with twinkle lights and roaring fires and chocolate chip co…

My primary care physician is not a neurologist. He doesn’t understand the difference between sadness and damage. I do not like this man. He refuses adjectives.

Pxfuel Updated 12/13/25 School literary magazines have long been a tradition in high schools and colleges. But since the advent of the In...

Enter the 2026 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction—open to short story collections. Winner receives publication and $1,000.

This January there are a dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most will be held ...

Submit one baseball or softball-themed poem to the National Baseball Poetry Festival by March 27, 2026. Free entry.

Updated 12/24/25 If you've written a longer piece of fiction, but not as lengthy as a novel, you may be wondering where to get it published....

Submit by Jan 30, 2026 for the Saroyan Prize. $5,000 awards for fiction & nonfiction. Open to emerging writers with fewer than 3 published books.

The 2026 swamp pink Prizes will be open to fiction, essays, and poetry during the month of January. $20 fee. $2,000 awarded per genre.

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This January there are more than five dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes rang...

Grab a lab coat, some chalk, and tag along with Vevna Forrow (Jazz Marie Kaur). She shares tips and tools for founding editors and submitters.

whether you be a submitter or founding editor, it's a good idea to stay in the loop on what's happening in this realm

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