This amazing little creative non fiction piece from the always incredible @justine1902.bsky.social makes me feel all the feels. Well worth a read, all!

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

New anthology coming soon from Inkfish Press.

Listen to this new short story by Peter McAllister from @hass-cornwall.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Subs are open until Jan 12! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

OPEN. www.stanchionzine.com/submissions

Wondering what to submit? This week we’re especially interested in: shadows, fish, wheelbarrows, rain, Infinity Train, cardboard, love of all kinds, forests, errands, ornaments, elk & other antlered animals, mail, football, and wheels.

DEADLINE JANUARY 15TH: Send this to a friend who should submit to our In-House Fiction and Poetry Contests! Use the link in our bio to submit your work for a chance to win a cash prize and publication before the deadline. #writingcontest

We are BACK OPEN for poetry and book review submissions! Visit our Submit page here: paraselenemagazine.com/submit

Are you looking ahead for submission opportunities? We have THREE this Spring 🦝 February - New Writers, Preloved Words trashcatlit.com/spring-2026/ March - Microfiction for the Mini Bin trashcatlit.com/microfiction... April - Prompted Flash Challenge trashcatlit.com/prompted-pop... #submissions

Tune in to #BBC #Radio4 today at 3:45pm and hear my story being read by the velvet-voiced Helen Lloyd. Thanks to everyone who helped me with feedback on this one. If you miss it today, you’ll be able to listen in your own time on the Radio 4 website, here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

We're open for fiction submissions! We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it. No closing date, open indefinitely.

Deadline extended! We are now accepting submissions to our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers through January 8. The winning entry will receive $1500. Head to the link in our bio to submit your work!

Acre Books is reading queries and submissions for #poetry manuscripts during the month of January. To learn more, visit acre-books.com/submissions/. 📚🖊️ #booksky

✨ SUBMISSIONS OPEN for the 2026 Sarabande Annual Prizes through Submittable starting today Jan 1 - Feb 15. This year’s judges are: Kaveh Akbar (Short Fiction), Adrian Matejka (Poetry), and Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Essay)! Winners receive $2,000 and publication! Full details at link in bio ✨

New Year, New Goals. Aiming to finish a novel in 2026? Start a short story? Or do you simply want to write more regularly? This course is for you… click to learn more: inkfishmag.com/kickstart-yo...

🔔 A special two-day submission window opens for next year’s Christmas and winter anthology but only, as a thank you, for those who have bought our anthology. We will have another general submission window quite soon! 🙏 🎅 🎄 ❄️ www.blackboughpoetry.com/events #poetry #writing #poet

And just like that and without any fanfare … Neither Fish Nor Foul is open for submissions. Closes 1 March 2026 or when 150 subs reached. 100-500 words, no theme. Likely will take a while to respond this time - up to 90 days. Agonising, sorry. duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

‼️Less than a week left to submit‼️ Send your short story collection in by January 4 at 11:59PM—finalists will be read by the one and only Catherine Lacey! Learn more and submit at hubcity.submittable.com.

we're open for fiction for just a little bit longer!! get those stories in and please, read the guidelines 🖤 💀 psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

Little reminder we’re open and excited to read your work. Also that it really is worth reading a few published stories on the website to identify the kind of thing most likely to get published …

The amazing @justine1902.bsky.social at work again. This is a beautiful story of hers. Well worth a read… 😍

Guys guys guys, I’m in the Radio Times!!! Listen in to BBC Radio4 in early January if you fancy hearing my short story #shortstory #bbc #radio4

We know you've been writing and making art all year. Submissions to Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine are always open. Send us your best today! www.doorisajarmagazine.net/submissions #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews

We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human. December’s theme is “letting go.” January’s upcoming theme is “sound.” buff.ly/Zreigwv #writingcommunity

Thrilled to see my flash piece, ‘The Altar of St Cindy’, in brilliant company in this beautiful issue of @vestalreview.bsky.social Thanks so much to David Galef, @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece began, and to my lovely writing group as always ❤️

SUBMISSIONS ARE !! OPEN !! For our fifth issue now thru JAN 31 Guidelines and theme description are available @ bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit

December is here, which means you have 15 days left to submit to AGNI! Our submission portal will be open until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 15th—and then we'll be closed for a monthlong break. We look forward to reading your work! 🔥

🎁 Our Cyber Monday sale is up & running—and ENDS Tuesday night! Grab these deals NOW: buff.ly/O7sPDAS

Every day, we give away one or more Kindle #poetry titles. Today's FREEBIES are listed FIRST here: buff.ly/4h7F6uh. Our world needs its #poets, so please read and share! More info: buff.ly/40M9app

One month left! Original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations! Winter! Hope! Persistence ! Endurance! Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...

Friday Afternoon Freedom — Carmen Fong poem from the surgical ward - Written Tales ✍️ Writers: share your voice. Submissions open now on Written Tales. 🔗 Link in bio #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #shortstory #reading writtentales.com/friday-after...

AND!!! we open for submissions of fiction, essays and experimental texts for a month starting Monday* ... *in addition to rolling subs for reviews, interviews, extracts, textos en español & more all info here: oleada.io/publication/...

We're in the final stretch! Contest deadline is December 1st! prairiefire.ca/conte...

Want to be part of this issue? You can. Subs permanently open to make this popup micro issue an ongoing and growing apothecary of joy. You’re welcome to contribute to or just borrow and browse. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

Submission period PROCESS /MARGINALIA / OTHER WOR(L)D(S) closes Sun. Nov. 30th at midnight Pacific Time. If you are working on a hybrid or have pieces unpublished & remarkable in form & content w/at least 2 elements of: #text, #image, #video, #sound #art #hybrid send to: [email protected]

Just today and tomorrow left before our Liar Liar Prize closes! (Our general reading period will close as well!) 🦊 blackfoxlitmag.com/contests/ #callforsubmissions #litmags #WritingCommunity #writersky

Show don't tell?!? This craft maxim is a bit of a contradiction, and yet it's still super important. Let's break it down 👇 #writingcommunity

Need an excuse to avoid awkward holiday small talk? Say you're submitting to Fahmidan. Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme

!! THEME REVEAL !! for Issue 05 This issue, we are seeking poetry, flash, essays, hybrid work, & visual art surrounding the theme FRAGMENTS OF A PAINTED CULT: sculpture garden / classical statuary Submissions open DEC 1 Keep your eyes peeled - we'll be posting prompts this week to inspire you!

Announcing our 2026 Subscription!! Our year of travel through books! Each title will take you to another country - if not several! You will receive the following 8 titles 2 weeks before their publication www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...

We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡 We want to read your previously published wonders! Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past! Full Guidelines can be found Here:

Submission Slot ✍️ Poet Laureate: For poems up to 14 lines that respond to news items and issues of topical importance. The subject matter is up to you, but we encourage you to think outside the box! Include a link to the topic or news item you have chosen.

Really enjoying catching up with Eve Grubin's session @nawewriters.bsky.social conference on bringing silence into one's work. Fitted well w @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social & @petermcallister.bsky.social 's session. It's a great idea to have all of the recordings available! 🙏 #NAWE

Long as it is, it’s not a bad start to the commute. Back up to Exeter today to teach some lovely undergraduates. #Englishliterature #creativewriting

Thanks so much @trashcatlit.bsky.social for nominating this story for #bestsmallfictions 😀 Good luck to all the other nominees! 🥳

What is a chapbook, you ask? Dawn Macdonald unpacks the format. https://bit.ly/4pY0qXQ @yukondawn.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @bookgaga.bsky.social #poetry

Curious about the workshop community of SmokeLong Fitness? You can give it a test drive in Nov/Dec. www.smokelong.com/product/try-...

Thrilled & honoured to learn @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social has nominated my piece ‘Habitat’ for a Pushcart Prize! 🤩 Huge thanks to supremely supportive editors @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social & @petermcallister.bsky.social & congratulations to my (decidedly more talented) fellow nominees. 🥳

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