Are you writing? There are two days left to submit to Cost of Living. We'll take the piece you've been sitting on. glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

ICYMI: We spoke with History Repeating finalist Kailum Graves about patch notes as form, breaking cycles, and the appeal of hybrid writing. www.glossyplanetmag.com/an-interview...

Our current call for submissions seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about the cost of groceries, the weight of debt, and the decision you make when the means aren't there. Submit by July 15. glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Our free submission window opens in mid-August. Capped spots. Subscribe to the newsletter and be the first to know when it opens. www.glossyplanetmag.com/newsletter/

Writing prompt for our current call for submissions, closing July 15: Write a scene in which a couple goes out to eat, but neither is able to pay. One person wants to dine-and-dash. The other does not. What happens next?

Silence is the wrong response. That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI. Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)

Whichever version you opt for, this is essential reading, for publishers, authors and readers.

Available in Glossy Planet! @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to have had the illustrious Marya Hornbacher judge this year’s Honeybee Poetry Prize. Her selection and the debut of that poem are less than a week away. Until then, please enjoy her new knock-out poem, Jukebox Rotation for War Days. www.glossyplanetmag.com/jukebox-rota...

Writing prompt for our current call for submissions: Write about what happens when money—the pursuit of it, the lack of it—drives people toward decisions they wouldn’t normally make.

Writing prompt: Write about a receipt. Unpack the line items on it. What do those items tell us about a person's life?

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which two people split a bill. Don't tell us anything about their relationship. Let the math do it. (And if you like what you wrote, submit it! We're open for submissions until July 15.)

Cost of Living is open: we want your flash fiction, poetry, and essays about paychecks, debt, and what people do when having enough is just out of reach. $1,000 for first place. Submit by July 15. glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Are you writing? Just checking.

Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions on 2 calls (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions

Our July call for submissions is open! The theme: COST OF LIVING 💸 💸 💸 www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Psst: Our next call for submissions opens on July 1. Flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Here's a hint about the theme: ⛽ 💸 🫩

"Patch Notes for the End of the World," our History Repeating finalist, straddles both humor and heart so deftly. We’re thrilled to share this interview with the author, Kailum Graves. www.glossyplanetmag.com/an-interview...

"Child observes father. Child observes father observing grandfather. Child observes grandfather observing a war that officially ended years ago but continues to receive updates through the blood." Read "Patch Notes for the End of the World": www.glossyplanetmag.com/patch-notes-...

Our History Repeating finalist is a genre-bending, thought-provoking work shows us how patterns of harm echo across time. Enjoy "Patch Notes for the End of the World" by Kailum Graves: www.glossyplanetmag.com/patch-notes-...

"this morning the ocean is flung out across the sheets, flagrant and languid, / beads of light on its skin, the street is slow and lazy, air thick and heavy after rain, / sliding its thighs together for the sheer pleasure of their weight, hibiscus unfurling," www.glossyplanetmag.com/jukebox-rota...

Absolutely obsessed with this poem by Marya Hornbacher—our second-place finalist for History Repeating: www.glossyplanetmag.com/jukebox-rota...

"At the beginning of the day, when the teacher called his name, he put his hand up wordlessly, raising it over his face so that it concealed not just his forehead, but most of his features, disappearing even as he admitted that he was, yes, here." www.glossyplanetmag.com/keloid/

We're so pleased to share the flash fiction story "Keloid" by Emily Dezurick-Badran, our third-place winner from our History Repeating challenge: www.glossyplanetmag.com/keloid/

When you're feeling stuck with your writing, how do you return to a creative routine?

Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐ will be closing to submissions soon on 2 calls (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions

Someone forgot how to tell time and what day it is and everything, but this challenge actually closes at 11:59pm PST on June 15. One more day to submit! www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/ge...

If you're on the fence about submitting your story or poem, consider this your push. Seeking writing about gender and bodies. Closing tonight, 11:59pm PST. www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/ge...

Some days, the writing is 🤩 And other days, the writing is 🫠 How is your writing going today?

Our June call for submissions closes TONIGHT at 11:59pm PST! Send us flash fiction, essays, and poetry about gender, sex, and living between the lines: www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/ge...

Register now for our flash fiction workshop, URGENT WRITING, led by the wonderful Cate McGowan! www.glossyplanetmag.com/urgent-writi...

What are you writing today?

CLOSING SOON: Our June call for submissions, Gender Trouble, seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about gender, bodies, and living between the lines. Closes on June 15! Go go go! www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/ge...

"What does it mean that I have inherited from the life-sustaining enormity of the Great Lakes and also from the violent appropriations of mega-polluters like Shell, Nova Chemicals, and Enbridge?" www.glossyplanetmag.com/all-this-is-...

Introducing our finalists for History Repeating: 🥇 “Patch Notes for the End of the World” by Kailum Graves 🥈 “Jukebox Rotation for War Days” by Marya Hornbacher 🥉 “Keloid” by Emily Dezurick-Badran Read their work on our website at the end of June! www.glossyplanetmag.com/history-repe...

Congrats to our shortlist from our May challenge, History Repeating! www.glossyplanetmag.com/history-repe...

Judith Butler argued that gender isn’t something we are, but something we do. It’s a performance—one that either meets the status quo or subverts it. What happens when we refuse to perform? Send us your words for GENDER TROUBLE, closing soon! www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/ge...

Writing prompt: Write about a body that refuses the story it was given. (If this resonates with you, we're accepting fiction, poetry, and nonfic about gender from now until June 15!)

CLOSING SOON: Our June call for submissions, "Gender Trouble." Send us fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about gender, transgression, and living between the lines. www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/ge...

Our June contest, Gender Trouble, is now open, and we can't wait to read your submissions! Send us your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that explores the ways we resist gender conformity and finds power through that rebellion. 🚻✨ www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/ge...

Our June call for submissions is GENDER TROUBLE. We’re seeking writing that pulls apart the categories: gender and sex, heteronormativity and transgression, the body we were assigned and the one we actually inhabit. Open now until June 15! www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/ge...

Our next writing challenge launches June 1, accepting flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. What do you think our theme will be? Here's a hint: 🙅 🫦 💥

"Chassis are swallowed whole, with their soft-bodied spirits, by glittering trout with panoramic eyes". Presenting our Silent Spring 1st place winner, "Caddis" by Danielle Janess, which we recommend reading aloud: www.glossyplanetmag.com/caddis/

"I’m trying to make this into / a metaphor, but it’s so literal: / the invaders are at the gate." Read the 2nd-place winner from our Silent Spring challenge, "Shine Early, Spring Salmon" by Emily Woodworth: www.glossyplanetmag.com/shine-early-...

"She steps into my space and pulls the shirt off my body. A threadbare old cotton thing from a Pride run we did together at the beginning of our relationship." Read "Countdown" by Shea West, our 3rd place finalist from our Silent Spring challenge: www.glossyplanetmag.com/countdown/

Our free submission window this summer is capped, as in: there will be a limit on spots. Subscribe now so you don't miss the announcement: glossyplanetmag.com/newsletter

Writing tip: If your piece is about a Big Thing, find the smallest possible door into it. One room. One person who doesn't know yet. One object.

Registration is now open for our summer flash fiction workshop, URGENT WRITING, led by writer and Glossy Planet finalist Cate McGowan! www.glossyplanetmag.com/urgent-writi...

How do you write about difficult subjects, like grief, trauma, and pain? Begin with distance, change perspectives, and try these other techniques: www.glossyplanetmag.com/how-to-write...

Our editor forgot about posting to Bluesky. Oops! Hello! Earth to Rebecca!! We've been busy getting ready to publish our Silent Spring finalists next week (SO excited to share these) and prepping for our June challenge theme, which opens for submissions on June 1. 🤩