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Early Bird Special: 2026 Next Generation Short Story Awards

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 9h

The Early Bird Special for the Next Generation Short Story Awards ends Oct 31. Enjoy discounted entry. 30+ category winners, over $3k in cash prizes. Open to all authors globally. Enter short stories & poems of 5k words or less.

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For the month of October, the Next Generation Short Story Awards is offering an early bird special for poems and short stories.

Submit to Ploughshares' Regular Reading Period!

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 10h

Don't forget that Ploughshare's reading period is open through November 15! There is a small reading. Catch up on recent issues & send them your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and longform prose.

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Submit to Ploughshares' regular reading period by November 15. Housed at Emerson College, Ploughshares seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and longform prose.

Willow Springs Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 11h

Deadline Alert! Wednesday, October 15 is the last day to submit your surrealist verse to the Willow Springs Surrealist Poetry Prize. $15 fee. Winner receives $1,000 & publication. Final Judge: Michael McGriff.

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Enter the 2025 Willow Springs Surrealist Poetry Prize for a chance to win $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs Magazine.

Magazine Stand :: Southern Humanities Review - 58.3

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 20h

Southern Humanities Review Fall 2025 issue (58.3) features the 2025 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize winner and runners up with the remainder of the issue filled with new nonfiction.

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Southern Humanities Review 58.3 spotlights Auburn Witness Poetry Prize winner and runners up, cover art, with an upcoming celebratory event.

New Book :: Where Heaven Sinks

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 1d

In Where Heaven Sinks, María Esquinca delivers a powerful collection of experimental poems shaped by the US-Mexico border. Through striking imagery and bold typography, she honors resilience and confronts injustice. A must-read for lovers of language and truth.

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'Where Heaven Sinks' is a searing poetry collection that traverses borders, exploring immigration, identity, and resilience.

Written in the Stars: Mapping Creative Possibilities

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 1d

✨ Inspiration Prompt: Written in the Stars

Create something that blends the logic of astronomy with the mystery of astrology. Invent your own constellation. What story does it tell?

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Explore this week’s creative inspiration prompt from NewPages: “Written in the Stars.” Dive into the cosmos through astronomy, astrology, and myth to spark your next story, poem, or artwork. Featured in our latest newsletter.

RCC MUSE Now Accepting Submissions & Spangler Poetry Award Entries

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 1d

📣 RCC MUSE is now accepting submissions for Spring 2026 + entries for the Spangler Poetry Award! Submit up to 3 poems about childhood for a chance to win $200 + publication. Deadline: Jan 31, 2026. Entry fee: $5. Details: muse@rcc.edu.

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Submit poetry or prose to RCC MUSE by Jan 31, 2026 for the Spring 2025 edition + poetry submissions are open to $200 Spangler Award.

Magazine Stand :: Jewish Fiction - 40

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 1d

Jewish Fiction celebrates its 40th issue with 12 stories originally written in Ladino, Yiddish, Hebrew, English, and for the first time: Georgian. Read it online today!

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Jewish Fiction is the only English-language journal, either print or online, devoted exclusively to publishing Jewish fiction.

Call For Submissions From Girls Worldwide

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 2d

Issue 9 of Girls Right the World features work by Lynsey France, Divya Muthusamy, Nahid Karimi, & Sneha Suman. If you are a young girl or gender-expansive writer or artist age 14-21, consider sending poetry, prose, & art to Issue 10. No fee. Deadline: December 31.

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Girls Right the World invites girls and gender-expansive youth (ages 14–21) to submit poetry, prose, or art by December 31, 2025.

Vern Rutsala Book Contest $1000 Prize

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 2d

Don't forget Cloudbank's Vert Rutsala Book Contest is open to unpublished manuscripts of poetry and/or flash fiction through October 31! $25 fee. Winner receives $1,000, book publication, & 50 copies.

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Submit 70–90 pages of poetry or flash fiction to the 2026 Vern Rutsala Book Contest. $1,000 prize, publication, and 50 author copies.

Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 2d

Grab the latest issue of Palooka & consider sending them your own unique poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, & graphic narratives. They are open year-round to #litmag & chapbook submissions. Fees vary.

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Literary magazine and indie press Palooka accepts work for its literary magazine and chapbooks year-round.

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 2d

📰 The latest NewPages newsletter is live! Discover:

✨ New lit journals
📚 Book reviews
🌟 Cosmic inspiration prompt
📍 Indie bookstores across Canada
📝 118 calls, contests & events

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Magazine Stand :: Wordrunner eChapbook - Issue 55

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 2d

Wordrunner eChapbooks 55th issue is a fiction collection 'The Boy David: Island Tales & Talk of War,' a brilliant rendering by author Don J Taylor of troubled times in the islands and highlands of Scotland and during WWI.

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Wordrunner eChapbooks’ 55th issue presents Don J Taylor’s tales, exploring grief, family, war, and resilience.

Book Review :: even my dreams are over the constant state of anxiety by Irene Cooper

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 3d

Jami Macarty reviews 'even my dreams are over the constant state of anxiety' by Irene Cooper, a collection of poetry in various forms that explores the interconnectedness of personal and collective stories.

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Irene Cooper blends surrealism, psychology, and feminist critique, exploring identity, family, and politics through forms and perspectives.

Book Review :: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 4d

Kevin Brown reviews 'Same As It Ever Was' by Claire Lombardo: "I enjoyed spending time with these characters, not because they were perfect, but because they felt real."

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2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrating 20 years of honoring indie publishing, the National Indie Book Awards are open to all genres from indie, university, & self-published authors. Enter by March 31. There is a fee. Cash awards & sponsorship prizes available.

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Submit your book to the 2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards and get recognized for excellence and distinction in self and independent publishing.

Call For Submissions From Girls Worldwide

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Girls' voices can transform the world. Girls Right the World is open to poetry, prose, & visual art of any style or theme from girls & young, gender-expansive writers ages 14-21 for publication in Issue 10. No reading fee!
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Girls Right the World invites girls and gender-expansive youth (ages 14–21) to submit poetry, prose, or art by December 31, 2025.

Where to Submit Roundup: October 3, 2025

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Prompt of the week: Wrong Place, Right Time.

Ever been late, lost, or off-course, and it changed everything? That’s your story-tell it, draw it, define it.

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Discover 120+ submission opportunities in our weekly roundup for the week of October 3, 2025. Plus, be inspired by wrong time, right place.

Poetry Life 2026 Poetry Contest - Call for Submissions!

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

$5 fee to enter poems representing the best of poetic form - bold language, bravery in content, & immediacy that can take your breath away. Enter your poems to Poetry Life 2026 by January 10. $150 gift card + invite to read at PoetryLife event in Sarasota, FL.

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Submit your boldest, most breathtaking poems to the PoetryLife 2026 Poetry Contest, hosted by Magazine1. Win prizes, get published, and read your work at Sarasota’s PoetryLife event. Deadline: January 10, 2026.

Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Check out recent chapbooks & issues from Palooka & consider submitting your own unique poetry, prose, art, photography, & graphic narratives. Open to all forms & styles. Fees vary Open year-round.

#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions

Literary magazine and indie press Palooka accepts work for its literary magazine and chapbooks year-round.

Two Weeks. One Plush Bathrobe. Zero Interruptions.

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Stretch your funny bone in a hotel room with no interruptions for two weeks! Enter A Hotel Room of One's Own by October 6! $30 fee. Cash prizes awarded to finalists.

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Apply by October 6 for the Erma Bombeck Humorist-in-Residence 2026. Win a $5,000 hotel stay to write in peace!

Where to Submit Roundup: October 3, 2025

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for your next publication credit? We’ve got 121 opportunities waiting for you—fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrid, and more. And if you need a little creative nudge, this week’s prompt is all about being in the wrong time, right place.

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Discover 120+ submission opportunities in our weekly roundup for the week of October 3, 2025. Plus, be inspired by wrong time, right place.

Magazine Stand :: The Shore - Issue 27

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 6d

The Shore Issue 27 is fresh out and offers readers poetry and artwork celebrating the many facets of change in the world and our lives. Read it online now!

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The Shore online journal of poetry invites readers to enjoy fresh contemporary works exploring the many facets of change in our lives.

Early Bird Special: 2026 Next Generation Short Story Awards

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 7d

2026 Next Generation Short Story Awards are running an early bird special! Send short stories & poems of 5k words or less by October 31 to enjoy a discount. 30+ categories. Winners receive cash prizes & more.

#writers #writingcontest

For the month of October, the Next Generation Short Story Awards is offering an early bird special for poems and short stories.