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.

Don't listen to the voices saying to play it safe. Write, read, and pub works a fascist would want to ban and wear their attempts as a badge of honor.

There's still time to apply to the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop! Applications close today, October 6th. Don't miss out on your chance to expand your writing community and level up your craft at this fully remote experience! Apply here: tinhouseworkshop.submittable.com/submit/17761...

Hey #WritingCommunity. Check out ocww.info, celebrating 80 years of supporting #writers. Weekly lectures/workshops from great teachers. Just $10/session for members; available in person (Winnetka, IL), on Zoom, or via recording. Everything writing. #amwriting

MudRoom is open for submissions through November 25! Send us your prose, poetry, and visual art for Issue 20.

Writers - enter the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize! Max 500 words Fee $10 Closes 15 Oct Judge: @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social "The ability to evoke. The ability to use the shadings of words, the nuances of language. The mot juste... You have to stick the landing.” newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT to submit to our Halloween issue four! Our theme is "Foxglove," aka our poison issue ☠️ Submit your original poetry, visual art, translations, fiction, and nonfiction pieces inspired by our theme here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissions by 9/30. #opensubmissions

"Be sure your character is not miniature in your miniature story, or you risk your story seeming anecdotal." (paraphrased from Fred Shafer at Off Campus Writers' Workshop right now. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

The Not So Lowly Pen, new on About Write, the craft column of Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #amwrting #WritingCommunity #writingtools #writingresources ocww.info/About-Write?...

12 Fictional Character Archetypes to Know Before You Start Writing https://blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-write/writing-tips/character-archetypes via BookBaby #WriteTips

Interesting call for submissions: short stories or CNF about money/finances. The Principal is sponsoring the contest. No entry fee, $1000 prize. The power of storytelling. #amsubmitting #WritingCommunity #amwriting

We're open for print AND web submissions & eager to read your work! No theme for the print edition. "Performance" theme for web edition. Link in bio for guidelines & details! #creativewriting #fiction #poetry #creativenonfiction #litmag

Really loving @beckyltuch.bsky.social Lit Mag News substack. Cool info on @chillsubs.bsky.social contest calculator in this issue. #WritingCommunity #litmag #submissions #amwriting. litmagnews.substack.com/p/aint-no-li...

Premium Fiction is now open for August: We're offering one week responses for fiction AND poetry, just use the link in our bio and click on Premium Fiction or Premium Poetry. #callforfiction #callforpoetry

Attention writers! In an effort to remove barriers to access, The Common is now open for fee-free submissions until August 22nd. We encourage any and all communities underrepresented in U.S. literary magazines and journals to send us your writing! Read more below: buff.ly/rDQfZ0A

Trying to wean myself off that other horrible platform. I’ll be keeping this account literary and writerly (with occasional art stuff). Engage with me on those topics please. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #litmags #amsubmitting

Just got here. Hi! Please pop by over at The Disappointed Housewife, where you'll find wonderfully offbeat #fiction, #poetry, and #essays, along with a great community of #writers with a special take on things. thedisappointedhousewife.com

I just sent a MASSIVE Stanchion @ Sea email that officially opened up this 2027 sailing for booking and announced the instructor who will be leading the poetry track!! Are you on the list? Sign up now! stanchionzine.com/sea

#WritingCommunity check out this introduction to Scrivener by Llewella Forgie on About Write, via #OCWW Off Campus Writers' Workshop. She shows how it's not too scary even for beginners. ocww.info/About-Write?... #writingresources #amwriting #amediting #scrivener @scrivenerapp.bsky.social

Just learned from @michaelzapata.bsky.social that you can add -AI to a search to eliminate AI responses. Maybe you already knew this, but it was new to me. #amwriting #writingcommunity #OCWW

Depressing but helpful. Lit Mag News & the folks at Chillsubs are the bomb. litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...

Today - learn from @saribelp.bsky.social and @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social about all-things subsidiary rights!

Good literary citizenship. @stanchion.bsky.social — Just FYI, @kellyqanderson.bsky.social is shouting out your journal rn at #OCWW, saying you championed her and jumpstarted her writing. She's reminding writers to share the love of lit journals.

"Writing contests are a great way to generate new work; they are often theme based." — Laura Joyce Hubbard rn at #OCWW (Off Campus Writers' Workshop literary roundtable #amsubmitting

"Be a good literary citizen: read, subscribe to, volunteer for, and submit to literary journals." (paraphrasing) John McCarthy of @rhinopoetry.bsky.social rn at #OCWW (Off Campus Writers Workshop) Lit Mag panel. #amsubmitting

PROTECT THE CREATIVE PROFESSION. SIGN AND SHARE THIS PETITION. It's already been delivered to Congress, but we're keeping the pressure on them and need your help! Sign the petition: authorsguild.org/news/congres...

I keep returning to this brilliant craft conversation with the team @splitlipthemag.bsky.social "Searching for Stakes in Poetry". I learn more from it every single time. Read it here: splitlipthemag.com/lip-service/...

Congrats to @belindarowe.bsky.social & @@shaunaexplores.bsky.social‬ for their stories, “Brittle Bones” and “Whale Fall,” respectively, getting into Best Small Fictions! gonelawn.net/journal/issu... gonelawn.net/journal/issu... altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...

Yay!!! We’re delighted

STANCHION HAS WON A BEST SMALL FICTIONS!! Congratulations, @jackiegoyette.bsky.social!!!! Finding the Water to Cry is breathtaking, and I am honored to have published it! "Finding the Water to Cry” by Jacqueline Goyette / Stanchion altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...

So unbelievably stoked that "They fired up the laser" from @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social is in Best Small Fictions 2025!!! Go read it: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-31-24/las...

Congrats to @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social , whose story "How to Bake a Cake in Outer Space" from @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2025, has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2025! Thanks to Robert Shapard, Nathan Leslie, and Michelle Elvy for this honor!

Honored to have my piece "Wool" selected for Best Small Fictions 2025 among such great company. Thank you to Cincinnati Review for submitting "Wool," which began in Kenyon Review Writers Workshop last year. altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f... @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @kenyonreview.bsky.social

Check out the latest on our craft column on #WritingCommunity. ocww.info/About-Write?...