scifi/fantasy/horror markets that reopened to submissions this week: - A Cup of Owls - Quarterly Online Anthology - Apex Magazine - Hearth Stories - NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast (for flash fiction) - The Deadlands (for poetry) - MetaStellar Magazine - Tales from the Crosstimbers

so many current #haiku contests to enter! deadlines listed below (thanks to @mamajoules.bsky.social for the first 2!): - 3/2: Aces National Grammar Day Poetry Contest - 3/6: Betty Drevniok Award (deadline extended) - 3/13: Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Awards Competition 🧵

#haiku and #tanka journals reopening to submissions today: - Eucalypt: a tanka journal - Fireflies' Light - Frogpond - Haiku Page - Sense & Sensibility - Sonic Boom - tsuri-dōrō - Wales Haiku Journal

fighter jets— rattling plates in the soup kitchen #haiku

had some free time this morning so picked up Jerome Berglund's Bindle Bum again... a fun read, more adventure journal than haiku collection, it takes you in all sorts of directions. www.amazon.com/Bindle-Bum-J...

scifi/fantasy/horror journals, anthologies & podcasts closing to submissions tomorrow (2/28): - Afterlives 2025: The Year’s Best Death Stories - Aurealis - Carmen et Error - Fusion Fragment - Haven Spec - In Another Time Magazine - NewMyths - NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast (1/2)

#haiku contests closing 2/28: - Atlanta Haiku Festival Competition - Betty Drevniok Award - ITO EN Oi Ocha Shinhaiku Contest - Maya Lyubenova International Haiku Contest - Prix Jocelyne-Villeneuve - Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest - World Children's Haiku Contest - Regional Contest

Radon Journal's fiction pay rate is increasing to 2.5¢/word! We are also implementing a $15 minimum for fiction to ensure micro-fiction authors are taken care of. Cheers to the authors who refuse to remain quiet or complicit.

A PATREON story. Enjoy! NEW LEAF by GREG SCHWARTZ https://www.patreon.com/posts/150638375 #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #bookblogger #bookpromo #amreading #tbrpile #patreon #drabble #shortstory

currently open #haiku (& related forms) contests: - 2/9: Mercer County Library System Haiku Contest - 2/15: HSA Merit Book Awards - 2/20: Myong Cha Son Haiku Award - 2/28: Atlanta Haiku Festival Competition - 2/28: Betty Drevniok Award - 2/28: ITO EN Oi Ocha Shinhaiku Contest (1/x)

scifi/fantasy/horror markets that opened for submissions this week: - Abyss & Apex (for fiction) - Aurealis - Carmen et Error - Fantastic Voyages anthology (Critical Blast Publishing) - Flash Point Science Fiction - NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast (for short non-flash fiction) - SpecPoVerse

another great #haiku resource from @mamajoules.bsky.social thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku...

#haiku #senryu #tanka journals that reopened to submissions yesterday (with deadlines): - 2/15/26: Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal (theme: "green") - 2/15/26: Post-ku - 2/15/26: The Cicada's Cry - 2/28/26: Atlanta Haiku Festival Competition - 2/28/26: cattails - 2/28/26: Kingfisher (1/2)

Check out the 15th Polish International Haiku Competition results: - A cool new kigo from Alan Summers - "goose feather snow" - A standout poem by Aakanksha Tanwar - strong imagery & multiple interpretations - Insightful & interesting commentary from Sandra Simpson psh.org.pl/15th-pihc-20...

so many current #haiku contests... - 1/11/26: Golden Haiku Poetry Competition - 1/15/26: Marianne Bluger Book and Chapbook Awards - 1/31/26: British Haiku Society Awards - 1/31/26: Martin Lucas Haiku Award - 1/31/26: San Francisco International Competition for Rengay (1/x)

for some reason Google decided that the list of haiku submission deadlines violated some rule or other. it's under review now, hoping to have it back online soon. haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/haiku-mark...

for authors looking for ways to get their books in the hands of more readers, check out this column by Peter Derk on LitReactor. It's 6 years old but still just as relevant, with good insights into the workings of selling books to libraries. litreactor.com/columns/requ...

current scifi/fantasy/horror fiction & poetry contests: - 12/31/25: Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition (includes a short story category) - 1/26/26: Globe Soup Christmas Horror Short Story Competition - 1/31/26: Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition (1/2)

current #haiku contests: - 12/31/25: IHS International Haiku Contest - 1/11/26: Golden Haiku Poetry Competition - 1/31/26: British Haiku Society Awards - 1/31/26: Martin Lucas Haiku Award - 1/31/26: San Francisco International Competition for Rengay (1/3 -- there are plenty!)

2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn: 1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business; 2. worry over small presses closing or paring down. Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀 IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:

current scifi/fantasy/horror fiction & poetry contests: - 11/30/25: Drabble Harvest Contest - 12/15/25: Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize - 12/20/25: Cannon Publishing High Caliber Awards - 12/21/25: Dead of Winter Horror Fiction Writing Contest (1/2)

scifi/fantasy/horror markets that reopened to poetry/fiction submissions this month: - Abyss & Apex (for poetry) - Allegory - Carmen et Error - Dracula Beyond Stoker (theme: "Van Helsing") - Eternal Haunted Summer (theme: "The Good Neighbors") - khōréō (theme: "Revolutions") - PodCastle

currently open #haiku (& related forms) contests: - 11/23/25: Polish International Haiku Competition - 12/31/25: IHS International Haiku Contest - 1/31/26: San Francisco International Competition for Rengay - 1/31/26: Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition (1/2)

#haiku & #tanka journals reopening for submissions today: - bottle rockets - Frogpond - Kokako - Quail Eggs - right hand pointing - The Cicada's Cry - tsuri-dōrō

honored to be included in horror senryu journal today.

Can you scare a reader in just two sentences? Along with jack-o-lanterns, "Monster Mash" on repeat, and pumpkin spice lattes, October brings a slew of two-sentence horror story contests. See 🧵 below for current contests and deadlines.

The Solitary Daisy Newsletter always has some standout #haiku, and #58 is no exception. this one by @petrock.bsky.social works on multiple levels. strong juxtaposition and a great last line. thesolitarydaisy.ca/2025/09/issu...

these scifi/fantasy/horror journals opened to submissions this week: - Crimson Quill Quarterly - Flash Point Science Fiction - Haven Spec - Inner Worlds Zine - MetaStellar Magazine - parABnormal Magazine - Perseid Prophecies - Polar Borealis (for fiction) - Solarpunk Magazine (1/2)

current #haiku contests: haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/2025/10/curr...

#haiku (& related forms) journals that open to submissions today: - Drifting Sands - Echidna Tracks - Leaf: Journal of the Daily Haiku - Prune Juice - The Pan Haiku Review (special edition: haiku only) - Trash Panda - Triya

Pan Haiku Review issue 6 2025 Autumn/Winter Edition (PHR6) This is a haiku only special edition Submissions: October 1st through to 31st 2025 Send: 1 or 2 haiku of any style or approach. Submission email address: panhaikureview [at] gmail [dot] com www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haik...

first light the red streaks on the scarecrow’s sleeves #haikuhorrorprompt #haiku #horrorku

got a week of Amazon Prime for $2 so decided to check out some podcasts for my commute. the @nightmare-magazine.com podcast is incredible -- great selection of horror stories (listened to 2 so far, both awesome) and the narration by Stefan Rudnicki is spot on. www.nightmare-magazine.com/podcasting/

Norman Partridge‘s “Blackbirds” — excellent horror story, great narration. Check it out on the Nightmare Magazine podcast: music.amazon.com/podcasts/f55...

2025 Haunted Haiku Contest www.everywritersresource.com/2025-haunted... We're back from the dead! After skipping a year or two (honestly, time gets blurry when you're haunting the internet), we've decided

these sf/f/h journals have reopened to submissions in the past few days: - A Cup of Owls - Quarterly Online Anthology - Ghostlight: The Magazine of Terror - Hearth Stories - Polar Borealis (for poetry) - Polar Starlight - Silver Blade Magazine - SpecPoVerse - Three-Lobed Burning Eye

great #haiku by Matthew Rye chosen as an HM in last month's @haikufound.bsky.social monthly kukai. impressive use of language, great juxtaposition between dark and light, and unique perspective on a very common scene. thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

I don't think I've ever pre-ordered a book. I'm pre-ordering this one. Looks amazing.

these journals for #haiku, #haibun & related forms reopen to submissions today: - #FemkuMag - contemporary haibun online - Fireflies' Light - Sense & Sensibility - The Cicada's Cry - tsuri-dōrō - Wales Haiku Journal

check out the Contest Calculator from @chillsubs.bsky.social -- a very cool idea that will become exponentially more useful as we all add contests to it. once again Chill Subs demonstrates its commitment to writers with another free tool. preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

current #haiku & #tanka contests: - 8/15: Haiku of the Week Contest (bric-à-brac) - 8/15: The Society of Classical Poets Haiku Competition - 8/15: Wales Haiku Journal Summer Competition - 8/31: International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition - 8/31: Porad Haiku Award (Haiku Northwest) (1/3)

some great poems came out of the 2025 Hexapod Haiku Challenge -- especially this fun one by Danish Yumnam in the 13-17 category: ento.psu.edu/about/facili...

#haiku & related journals reopening to submissions today: - Chrysanthemum - Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal - Kingfisher - Quail Eggs - right hand pointing - Time Haiku - tinywords

was reading through the Autumn 2023 issue of Frogpond and came across this gem by @jeromeberglund.bsky.social. great line choice and imagery, and it creates a sense of adventure that starts just as the poem ends -- more of a beginning than an ending. for sure one of the best of the issue.

check out this profoundly melancholic #haiku by Tony Williams in the latest Solitary Daisy newsletter. powerful and well-written, and man will it ruin your day. thesolitarydaisy.ca/2025/07/issu...

interesting #haiku discussion/explanation by Jim Kacian - Haiku as Anti-Story. also highlights some great haiku. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI-2...

#haiku & #tanka contests w/ July deadlines: - 7/19: August 19th Haiku Memorial Day/Haiku Competition - 7/20: "Shigureki" National Haiku Competition - 7/25: Issa Village Haiku Competition - 7/31: Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest - 7/31: National Haiku Magazine Association Newcomer Award (1/2)

great @haikufound.bsky.social article on the haiku moment compared & contrasted to the aha moment & explaining the various interpretations of both. kudos to @mamajoules.bsky.social for continuously providing useful info to increase haiku understanding. thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku...