New Millennium Writings
@newmillwritings.bsky.social
Awarding, publishing, and paying writers since 1996.
All writers welcome, regardless of experience.
No restrictions on style or subject matter.
Writing Awards Deadline: 6/30/25
www.newmillenniumwritings.org
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
All writers welcome, regardless of experience.
No restrictions on style or subject matter.
Writing Awards Deadline: 6/30/25
www.newmillenniumwritings.org
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
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You guys have been in this for a long, long time and have an excellent reputation. — Dennis Littrell, Kula, HI It's true!New Millennium Writings was launched in 1996 with a 15-word classified ad. From...
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Writers, you’ve been crafting your work. Now it’s time to share it.
$1000 + publication for each category
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
We’ve published thousands since 1996.
This year, one of them could be you!
$1000 + publication for each category
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
We’ve published thousands since 1996.
This year, one of them could be you!
Congratulations to our 59th Fiction Award Winner!
Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean”
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An aged astronaut wonders: "Did I really make it home safe? Or am I still trapped in that space capsule under the waves of the Indian Ocean?"
Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean”
newmillenniumwritings.org/indian-ocean-baird-harper/
An aged astronaut wonders: "Did I really make it home safe? Or am I still trapped in that space capsule under the waves of the Indian Ocean?"
Indian Ocean | Baird Harper
59th NMW Award for Fiction. Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean”A lifetime ago, one of NASA’s finest rocket men splashed back down to Earth and all its mundanitie…
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July 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Congratulations to our 59th Fiction Award Winner!
Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean”
newmillenniumwritings.org/indian-ocean-baird-harper/
An aged astronaut wonders: "Did I really make it home safe? Or am I still trapped in that space capsule under the waves of the Indian Ocean?"
Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean”
newmillenniumwritings.org/indian-ocean-baird-harper/
An aged astronaut wonders: "Did I really make it home safe? Or am I still trapped in that space capsule under the waves of the Indian Ocean?"
A hearty congratulations to all the recent Flash Fiction Finalists and Honorable mentions!
Browse the entire list of creative champs here:
newmillenniumwritings.org/new-millenni...
Browse the entire list of creative champs here:
newmillenniumwritings.org/new-millenni...
New Millennium Writing Awards 59 | 2025
First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 59th New Millennium Writing Awards!
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July 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A hearty congratulations to all the recent Flash Fiction Finalists and Honorable mentions!
Browse the entire list of creative champs here:
newmillenniumwritings.org/new-millenni...
Browse the entire list of creative champs here:
newmillenniumwritings.org/new-millenni...
Check out our newest Flash Fiction winner!
"Memory Box" by JR Fenn
The creative elements Fenn achieves here—the world-building, story arcs, and depths of character—are nothing short of stunning.
Peek inside “Memory Box” for Flash Fiction at its finest!
newmillenniumwritings.org/memory-box-jr-fenn/
"Memory Box" by JR Fenn
The creative elements Fenn achieves here—the world-building, story arcs, and depths of character—are nothing short of stunning.
Peek inside “Memory Box” for Flash Fiction at its finest!
newmillenniumwritings.org/memory-box-jr-fenn/
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July 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Check out our newest Flash Fiction winner!
"Memory Box" by JR Fenn
The creative elements Fenn achieves here—the world-building, story arcs, and depths of character—are nothing short of stunning.
Peek inside “Memory Box” for Flash Fiction at its finest!
newmillenniumwritings.org/memory-box-jr-fenn/
"Memory Box" by JR Fenn
The creative elements Fenn achieves here—the world-building, story arcs, and depths of character—are nothing short of stunning.
Peek inside “Memory Box” for Flash Fiction at its finest!
newmillenniumwritings.org/memory-box-jr-fenn/
Lovely, aching stream of consciousness from @aaronburch.bsky.social. Come for the comparison of tree felling and story writing, stay for the musings on loss caused by little more than the passing of time.
wrote a long single-sentence essay about watching my neighbor's tree get taken down, a kind sequel to this long single-sentence essay from 6 (!!) years ago about watching a tree in the UofM diag get taken down
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July 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Lovely, aching stream of consciousness from @aaronburch.bsky.social. Come for the comparison of tree felling and story writing, stay for the musings on loss caused by little more than the passing of time.
"Kissed by Allen Ginsberg" by Michael Hogan
newmillenniumwritings.org/kissed-by-allen-ginsberg-michael-hogan/
A past treasure for #12DaystoDeadline!
$1000 + publication for each:
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
newmillenniumwritings.org/kissed-by-allen-ginsberg-michael-hogan/
A past treasure for #12DaystoDeadline!
$1000 + publication for each:
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Kissed by Allen Ginsberg | Michael Hogan
55th NMW Award for Nonfiction. Michael Hogan of Guadalajara, Mexico for “Kissed by Allen Ginsberg” Michael Hogan’s “Kissed by Allen Ginsberg” captures the blessed, bli…
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July 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"Kissed by Allen Ginsberg" by Michael Hogan
newmillenniumwritings.org/kissed-by-allen-ginsberg-michael-hogan/
A past treasure for #12DaystoDeadline!
$1000 + publication for each:
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
newmillenniumwritings.org/kissed-by-allen-ginsberg-michael-hogan/
A past treasure for #12DaystoDeadline!
$1000 + publication for each:
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
14 days to our 2025 Writing Awards deadline, so we're sharing the good word with a daily spotlight on past winners!
Starting off strong with our most recent Poem of the Week winner: Trish Lindsey Jaggers for "What Dancing Is"
newmillenniumwritings.org/what-dancing-is-trish-lindsey-jaggers/
Starting off strong with our most recent Poem of the Week winner: Trish Lindsey Jaggers for "What Dancing Is"
newmillenniumwritings.org/what-dancing-is-trish-lindsey-jaggers/
What Dancing Is | Trish Lindsey Jaggers
NMW Winner | Poem of the Week Contest Trish Lindsey Jaggers of Bowling Green, Kentucky for “What Dancing Is”
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July 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
14 days to our 2025 Writing Awards deadline, so we're sharing the good word with a daily spotlight on past winners!
Starting off strong with our most recent Poem of the Week winner: Trish Lindsey Jaggers for "What Dancing Is"
newmillenniumwritings.org/what-dancing-is-trish-lindsey-jaggers/
Starting off strong with our most recent Poem of the Week winner: Trish Lindsey Jaggers for "What Dancing Is"
newmillenniumwritings.org/what-dancing-is-trish-lindsey-jaggers/
Proud to reside in the same state as these brave journalists! Per usual, redirecting the spotlight to progressive policies that work, and the impediments to those efforts' deserved success.
People aren’t talking enough about how Baltimore and Mayor Brandon Scott have drastically lowered homicides/shootings with the “woke” policies Republicans love to disparage.
As a public health issue, not as a way to enrich private prison friends.
More: popular.info/p/the-secret...
As a public health issue, not as a way to enrich private prison friends.
More: popular.info/p/the-secret...
July 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Proud to reside in the same state as these brave journalists! Per usual, redirecting the spotlight to progressive policies that work, and the impediments to those efforts' deserved success.
Writers, you’ve been crafting your work. Now it’s time to share it.
$1000 + publication for each category
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
We’ve published thousands since 1996.
This year, one of them could be you!
$1000 + publication for each category
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
We’ve published thousands since 1996.
This year, one of them could be you!
New Millennium Writings + Musepaper Submission Manager
You guys have been in this for a long, long time and have an excellent reputation. — Dennis Littrell, Kula, HI It's true!New Millennium Writings was launched in 1996 with a 15-word classified ad. From...
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Writers, you’ve been crafting your work. Now it’s time to share it.
$1000 + publication for each category
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
We’ve published thousands since 1996.
This year, one of them could be you!
$1000 + publication for each category
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
We’ve published thousands since 1996.
This year, one of them could be you!
"Effervescence"
Just saying it in my head is enough to light me up!
Just saying it in my head is enough to light me up!
What's your favorite word to write and, if different, to say aloud?
June 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Effervescence"
Just saying it in my head is enough to light me up!
Just saying it in my head is enough to light me up!
Midnight Deadline in our Poem of the Week Contest
Send us that magic demanding to be spilled onto the page!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
All subjects and styles welcome.
Winner & Finalists announced: June 8
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Send us that magic demanding to be spilled onto the page!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
All subjects and styles welcome.
Winner & Finalists announced: June 8
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
June 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Midnight Deadline in our Poem of the Week Contest
Send us that magic demanding to be spilled onto the page!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
All subjects and styles welcome.
Winner & Finalists announced: June 8
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Send us that magic demanding to be spilled onto the page!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
All subjects and styles welcome.
Winner & Finalists announced: June 8
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
@christopherfielden.bsky.social doing the good work for the writing community, per usual 🥇
My May ✍️ newsletter contains details of 9 new writing competitions and other publishing opportunities, and lots of lovely writing news 🎉 mailchi.mp/christopherf...
May 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
@christopherfielden.bsky.social doing the good work for the writing community, per usual 🥇
May 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Verse Victory! Congratulations to our recent Poem of the Week winners:
Kevin Swanwick for "Tell the Bees"
Jed Myers for "I Can't Feel the War"
newmillenniumwritings.org/browse/
Enjoy these poetic masterpieces and peruse the Finalists...your name just might be among them!
Kevin Swanwick for "Tell the Bees"
Jed Myers for "I Can't Feel the War"
newmillenniumwritings.org/browse/
Enjoy these poetic masterpieces and peruse the Finalists...your name just might be among them!
New Millennium Writings
Prize-Winning Literary Journal • Est. 1996
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May 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Verse Victory! Congratulations to our recent Poem of the Week winners:
Kevin Swanwick for "Tell the Bees"
Jed Myers for "I Can't Feel the War"
newmillenniumwritings.org/browse/
Enjoy these poetic masterpieces and peruse the Finalists...your name just might be among them!
Kevin Swanwick for "Tell the Bees"
Jed Myers for "I Can't Feel the War"
newmillenniumwritings.org/browse/
Enjoy these poetic masterpieces and peruse the Finalists...your name just might be among them!
Ready to usher a new poem into the world?
Revised a cherished creation?
Submit it to become our POEM OF THE WEEK!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
Deadline: Midnight, April 27
Winner & Finalists announced: May 4
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Revised a cherished creation?
Submit it to become our POEM OF THE WEEK!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
Deadline: Midnight, April 27
Winner & Finalists announced: May 4
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
New Millennium Writings + Musepaper Submission Manager
You guys have been in this for a long, long time and have an excellent reputation. — Dennis Littrell, Kula, HI It's true!New Millennium Writings was launched in 1996 with a 15-word classified ad. From...
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ready to usher a new poem into the world?
Revised a cherished creation?
Submit it to become our POEM OF THE WEEK!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
Deadline: Midnight, April 27
Winner & Finalists announced: May 4
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Revised a cherished creation?
Submit it to become our POEM OF THE WEEK!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
Deadline: Midnight, April 27
Winner & Finalists announced: May 4
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Tears, goosebumps, surges of rage, nostalgia, joy so powerful you can taste them...hit us with the power poetry!
The algorithm is not your audience.
Make something a person would cry over.
Make something a person would cry over.
April 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Tears, goosebumps, surges of rage, nostalgia, joy so powerful you can taste them...hit us with the power poetry!
In Thomas's vision of "America, One Year from Now," it's easy to recognize a True American...so easy you can smell it on 'em.
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newmillenniumwritings.org/no-land-is-m...
No Land Is My Land | Hayley Igarashi Thomas
NMW Winner | America, One Year from Now Writing Contest Hayley Igarashi Thomas of New Market, Maryland for “No Land Is My Land”
newmillenniumwritings.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In Thomas's vision of "America, One Year from Now," it's easy to recognize a True American...so easy you can smell it on 'em.
newmillenniumwritings.org/no-land-is-m...
newmillenniumwritings.org/no-land-is-m...
Our "America, One Year from Now" Poetry Winner predicts the fierce and fiery return of "Hope."
newmillenniumwritings.org/hope-kathy-m...
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Hope | Kathy McGoldrick
NMW Winner | America, One Year from Now Writing Contest Kathy McGoldrick of Ellicottville, New York for “Hope”
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April 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Our "America, One Year from Now" Poetry Winner predicts the fierce and fiery return of "Hope."
newmillenniumwritings.org/hope-kathy-m...
newmillenniumwritings.org/hope-kathy-m...
Congratulations to our "America, One Year from Now" Award Winners and Finalists!
Kathy McGoldrick for "Hope"
Hayley Igarashi Thomas for “No Land Is My Land”
Competition was steep--thank you to NMW readers and writers who help free speech thrive.
newmillenniumwritings.org/nmw-america-...
Kathy McGoldrick for "Hope"
Hayley Igarashi Thomas for “No Land Is My Land”
Competition was steep--thank you to NMW readers and writers who help free speech thrive.
newmillenniumwritings.org/nmw-america-...
NMW America, One Year from Now Awards | 2025
Winners and Finalists of our America, One Year from Now Awards!
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April 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Congratulations to our "America, One Year from Now" Award Winners and Finalists!
Kathy McGoldrick for "Hope"
Hayley Igarashi Thomas for “No Land Is My Land”
Competition was steep--thank you to NMW readers and writers who help free speech thrive.
newmillenniumwritings.org/nmw-america-...
Kathy McGoldrick for "Hope"
Hayley Igarashi Thomas for “No Land Is My Land”
Competition was steep--thank you to NMW readers and writers who help free speech thrive.
newmillenniumwritings.org/nmw-america-...
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‘...today cannot know what tomorrow will need. It’s always better to keep books.’
- Elizabeth Knox
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading
- Elizabeth Knox
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading
March 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
‘...today cannot know what tomorrow will need. It’s always better to keep books.’
- Elizabeth Knox
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading
- Elizabeth Knox
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading
@christopherfielden.bsky.social awesome To Hull and Back is open again! 🙌
PS. Dude is a true treasure and advocate in the writing community (glad to see we both made it to Bluesky, Christopher!)
PS. Dude is a true treasure and advocate in the writing community (glad to see we both made it to Bluesky, Christopher!)
🏍️ TO HULL AND BACK IS OPEN 🏍️
The 9th To Hull And Back humorous #shortstory competition is open for entries 🎉
- Closes 30th June 2025
- £10 early-bird entry fee, £12 standard
- 2,500 words
- Top prize £1,000
- Shortlist published in anthology
Details: www.christopherfielden.com/to-hull-and-...
The 9th To Hull And Back humorous #shortstory competition is open for entries 🎉
- Closes 30th June 2025
- £10 early-bird entry fee, £12 standard
- 2,500 words
- Top prize £1,000
- Shortlist published in anthology
Details: www.christopherfielden.com/to-hull-and-...
February 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@christopherfielden.bsky.social awesome To Hull and Back is open again! 🙌
PS. Dude is a true treasure and advocate in the writing community (glad to see we both made it to Bluesky, Christopher!)
PS. Dude is a true treasure and advocate in the writing community (glad to see we both made it to Bluesky, Christopher!)
Just think of all the new things to write about!
What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
February 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just think of all the new things to write about!
Crystal Ball Writing Contest: "America, One Year from Now"
Calling all soothsayers and diviners...
What will the next year bring to this nation of ours?
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Each entry may include one story, one essay, or two poems.
1000 word limit
Deadline: March 31
Calling all soothsayers and diviners...
What will the next year bring to this nation of ours?
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Each entry may include one story, one essay, or two poems.
1000 word limit
Deadline: March 31
February 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Crystal Ball Writing Contest: "America, One Year from Now"
Calling all soothsayers and diviners...
What will the next year bring to this nation of ours?
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Each entry may include one story, one essay, or two poems.
1000 word limit
Deadline: March 31
Calling all soothsayers and diviners...
What will the next year bring to this nation of ours?
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
Each entry may include one story, one essay, or two poems.
1000 word limit
Deadline: March 31
New Millennium Writings launched in 1996 with a 15-word classified ad. Today we're an internationally recognized and highly sought-after literary award.
It's why we believe in the creative potential of every writer, regardless of experience: Everyone starts somewhere.
It's why we believe in the creative potential of every writer, regardless of experience: Everyone starts somewhere.
February 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New Millennium Writings launched in 1996 with a 15-word classified ad. Today we're an internationally recognized and highly sought-after literary award.
It's why we believe in the creative potential of every writer, regardless of experience: Everyone starts somewhere.
It's why we believe in the creative potential of every writer, regardless of experience: Everyone starts somewhere.
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Do you write? Then you’re a writer. I don’t care if you’re trad published, self published, or not at all published. If you write - you’re a writer. There’s no officiant or badge to collect. You write - you’re a writer. So stop waiting for someone to declare you one. I just did. There you go.
February 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Do you write? Then you’re a writer. I don’t care if you’re trad published, self published, or not at all published. If you write - you’re a writer. There’s no officiant or badge to collect. You write - you’re a writer. So stop waiting for someone to declare you one. I just did. There you go.
As Editor, I try to call each new award winner to personally give them the great news. About half ask if they can send me an updated version of the piece. (NOTE: These are writers whose works have beat out hundreds to win first place in our contest)
As with good parenting, the work is never done.
As with good parenting, the work is never done.
If you ever read your past published work and it makes your teeth feel like soap, don't sweat it. Your past work is good. Your teeth are fine. Nobody noticed how many times you used the word "secluded"
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As Editor, I try to call each new award winner to personally give them the great news. About half ask if they can send me an updated version of the piece. (NOTE: These are writers whose works have beat out hundreds to win first place in our contest)
As with good parenting, the work is never done.
As with good parenting, the work is never done.