We are open to submissions! Seeking short stories 1,000-3,000 words. We pay $25 per story. Full details at www.brownhoundpress.com/submit.

📚BOOK NEWS: I am thrilled to share that I will have a short story published in TILT (FALL 2026), the 80th anniversary anthology produced by the Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #Tilt #anthology #shortstorywriter #storycollection #ocww

Don't miss the great interview with author Evan Fallenberg on writing sex scenes (I'll bet that got your attention!) You can subscribe to About Write (or better yet become a member of Off Campus Writers Workshop) for a variety of writing info. #WritingCommunity #amwriting ocww.info/About-Write?...

My short piece called "A Little Water" was named as a finalist in the Plentitudes Prize in Flash Fiction. Such a thrill. www.theplentitudes.com/prizes #WritingCommunity #amwriting

Great insights on About Write column about the current economics of publishing. #amwriting #WritingCommunity ocww.info/About-Write?...

So, hey, I was named a finalist in a fiction contest and got an acceptance from an online lit mag in the last two weeks. That's more writing success than I've had in … ever. More soon, but take this as inspiration to keep submitting. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

This week's finds for the #WritingCommunity include a thoughtful convo on "what it's like to write for a living these days"; warnings about *still more* scams; more. www.erikadreifus.com/2026/05/find...

Really great interview with author Lorraine Boissoneault on writing illness and the environment, with great tips for all #writers. #WritingCommunity #amwriting ocww.info/About-Write?...

We are extending the deadline for our annual writing contest—submissions are now open until April 15th! Contest winners in both Poetry and Prose receive $1,000 and publication in Fugue's 2027 print issue. Learn more and submit your work at fuguejournal.com/contest.

SUBS OPEN! It’s April, and our inbox is taking applications for publication. Whatever you’ve got, we’re interested. Send us your stuff! Link in bio.

Send us your work!

Our Breakout Prize closes on April 15, and it's a way to get $1,000 cash, a one-year subscription to Epiphany, and publication in our next issue. Whether you're dreaming of your debut novel or publishing more widely, our editorial team wants to help you get there! Go to the link in our bio to apply!

We are open! Send us your bold, weird, wonderful words. Wordcount - 500 max, we love 100 word stories Deadline - 15 April No previous pubs Sim subs are fine Read past issues & award noms to get a sense of what we like. Be brave! Submission Guidelines | NFFR share.google/iEJhTIUa1xIR...

Who will win the next #TheIlseSchwepckePrize?📚🌍 Submissions for the 2026 Ilse Schwepcke Prize for women’s travel writing are open.

We are excited to announce that every piece we publish in 2026 (our 10th anniversary) will be considered for our first annual Forge Editors’ Prize voted by our editors as story of the year. The announcement will be made in December and the prize will be $500.

We're not at AWP but we are reading for our summer issue! Have some poetry or prose ready for us? We're excited to read your work!

This Throwback Thursday brings us Shauna Friesen’s short story “Bughouse” from our Spring 2024 (5:4) issue! To find out more, read her story available on our website (link in bio). #chestnutreview #prose #failedrelationship #infestation #loss

Barry Hannah Prize for Fiction (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

Submissions are open! Send us your strange, your disciplined, your heartfelt.

OKD is open for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

Strange Horizons is open to non-fiction submissions for our March 30th special issue which will be all about Fungi in SFF! More information about our submission guidelines and how to submit ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

We're open for submissions! Send us your best prose or poetry: variantlit.com/submit/

The Fiddlehead's 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest is now open for submissions! The winner of the contest will receive $2000 and publication. Thank you to Brian Braganza for judging this year's contest. Unlock your story. Find more information on our website: thefiddlehead.ca/cnf-contest

Love this line in today's #writing workshop @ Off Campus Writers' Workshop from Sue Brown Moore "Heroes can be stubborn." In context, this meant that heroes can be stubborn revealing themselves to the writer. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

This is important. The head of CBP says here that his agency did NOT provide the assessment that led DHS to label Alex Pretti a terrorist looking to inflict mass casualties. That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic book on the history of memoir writing by Ben Yagoda, and #PWWritingPrompts on beloveds, breakups, and biographical myths. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

My new flash piece is up at Variant Lit! I wrote about an unnamed extra in the “I am your father” scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. I loved writing this during my MVCWI Fellowship last year. I stayed in my room for a week writing, drink too much coffee. variantlit.com/back-in-the-...

Ahhh I can’t believe I get to host my own HAD sub call!!! I hope you all send something my way!!!

White House officials have grown frustrated with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and one source says her position may no longer be secure, Nick Miroff, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Michael Scherer report.

Do you know that you can become a Stanchion Book Club member on a monthly basis & still get all the perks? Brand new well-edited & beautifully designed books delivered every month, exclusive goodies quarterly + invites to Zoom book club author chats. $12 a month & you sustain this press. 🖤🤍

very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House! www.thedollhouse.studio

Big News! Submissions are now open for our next micro anthology, "Tales that Survived the Fire." Learn more at the link below, and we can't wait to see your pieces.

I work hard to keep politics off this feed, but this is directly related to our #WritingCommunity. There are so many ways to help. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Great interview with author Jeannie Vanasco by writer Leslie Lindsay on About Write from Off Campus Writers' Workshop. Vanasco discusses her new memoir, her process, and her unusual approach to representing her mother's silent treatment on the page. ocww.info/About-Write?...

Rolling deadline: $1,000 John Updike Review Emerging Writers Prize No fee. Writers up to 40 years old may submit essays that deepen our understanding of the work of John Updike. Submit to: Prof. James Schiff, Editor, The John Updike Review, [email protected]. https://updikereview.com/submissions/

It’s time for The Great Tote Vote! Head to the link and let us know which tote design you prefer: bookshopdotorg.typeform.com/to/J5qqWpDp

Happy birthday and happy World Prematurity Day to my favorite 24-weekers. It's been quite a ride. #prematurity #WorldPrematurityDay #preemies mikeandollie.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/3...

October is for stories that unsettle. That’s the point. The best literature shakes something loose. If a book makes you uncomfortable, it’s probably worth reading. Find the ones that still speak:

I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.

#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews. Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention. G’Lines and open calls:

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

New $50M #literary arts fund. #WritingCommunity apnews.com/article/lite...

Rn at Off Campus Writers' Workshop, paraphrasing Eric Rampson: The story you're writing doesn't serve the plot; the plot serves they story you're trying to tell. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #improv #OCWW

"That’s essentially the heart of the project: What would it look like to treat friendships as love stories?" This time last year, @lizziemlawson.bsky.social interviewed @lillydancyger.bsky.social on her essay collection FIRST LOVE. Find it in the archives! 💕 buff.ly/5dzItrM

I think that covers all our bases. Probably. Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/girlho... #writing #writingcommunity

📅 Ever wonder when authors actually get paid? Here’s the timeline of how book publishing royalties work. For more on the topic, don’t miss our recent Money Matters Q&A with Erin Lowry from the Broke Millennial blog 🤑 authorsguild.org/resource/boo...

Check out our craft column, where Laurel Ross explores nature writing—how it can enhance storyline, characters, and descriptions, as well as connect your readers to the world around us. Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #naturewriting #OCWW ocww.info/About-Write?...

"We all have our own bits of everyday magic." @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social on Spirit-Led Writing: Ritual, Ritualization & the Creative Process rn @ Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #WritingCommunity #amwriting ocww.info

"Payoff is part of the fun of reading. What are you trying to do with your work? What do you want people to get from it?" Rn at #OCWW (Off Campus Writer's Workshop), Lindsay Hunter of "I'm a writer, but" podcast discusses reader payoff. #amwriting #WritingCommunity ocww.info

It's that time of year again... is there anything spookier than impediments to free and open access to information? We think not!! Make sure you follow along with us this Banned Books Week—we'll be sharing all the resources, updates and cool events they don't want you to know about.