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ACCENTS PUBLISHING is excited to announce a 2-month open reading period to discover and select the core of our 2027 catalog. We are looking for unpublished book-length manuscripts of all genres. We accept submissions in November and December and hope to announce our selections before the end of March 2026. Details can be found at www.accents-publishing.com/contest.html. 

ATMOSPHERE PRESS is currently seeking submissions of full-length book manuscripts in all genres—from poetry to fiction to memoir and beyond—with no reading fee. Atmosphere Press is an independent publisher dedicated to honesty, transparency, professionalism, kindness, and making your book awesome. Learn more at atmospherepress.com. 

SIXTEEN RIVERS PRESS, a regional publishing collective, seeks full-length poetry manuscripts from Northern California poets. Submission period: November 1 to February 1. No fee. All styles welcome. Authors become active members of the press for 3 years. For complete guidelines, go to www.sixteenrivers.org. 

THE 2025 September–December call at Sequestrum is for 1. Reprints, 2. Resurrection, and 3. Humor! We’re accepting previously published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication applies. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: December 15. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org. 

ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (triannually online, selected annual print) accepting and reading submissions late summer through late spring. We are seeking poems people will be inspired to re-read and share with family and friends. Please visit www.abandonedmine.org for examples, past issues, and complete guidelines. 

THE AWAKENINGS REVIEW invites submissions from writers and poets with personal experience of mental illness, whether as individuals living with these conditions, family members, or caregivers. Published biannually. We welcome pieces focusing on recovery, growth, and hope. We seek authentic portrayals of mental health experiences that inspire rather than discourage. Submission guidelines available at www.awakeningsproject.org. 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Creosote: a journal of poetry and prose. Please submit hard copies of 3–5 poems, or prose up to 5,000 words. Submission deadline: March 1, 2026. Simultaneous submissions OK with notice. Mail to: Creosote, Ken Raines, editor, Eastern Arizona College, 615 N. Stadium Ave., Thatcher, AZ 85552. 

CLOCKHOUSE, published by Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, seeks submissions from emerging and established writers for its 2026 volume. We’re looking for poetry, prose, creative nonfiction, and dramatic work that beckons us to listen, share, and engage. Submissions: September 1 through November 15. Guidelines at clockhouse.net. 

COLLATERAL publishes literary and visual art concerned with the impact of violent conflict and military service beyond the combat zone. We read year-round, charge no fees, and publish each May and November. Submit through our website: www.collateraljournal.com. 

COMSTOCK REVIEW Open Reading Period: No fee, January 1, 2026–March 31, 2026. Submit poems through Submittable at comstockreview.submittable.com/submit or USPS mail to: Comstock Review, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. **New guidelines!** Website: www.comstockreview.org or on Submittable. 60 lines maximum, line length 70 characters. No previously published or AI-assisted poems.

THE FALL 2025 online issue of Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose, featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, will go live on November 15 on our website. We will also open for submissions on November 15. Visit us at https://allium.colum.edu/submit for guidelines. 

FOUNDED IN 2000, The Bryant Literary Review is an international journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction housed at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. Authors can submit work to: https://bryantliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit. For past issues, see: https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/blr/. Work to be considered for Vol. 27, which will be published in spring 2026, must be submitted between September 1 and December 1, 2025.

FRONT RANGE REVIEW is now accepting online submissions of literary short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for its 26th annual issue. Our reading period is August 15–December 1. To see guidelines and submit, visit www.frontrange.edu/frontrangereview. 

GIRLS RIGHT THE WORLD is a literary journal inviting girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work for consideration for the tenth annual issue. We believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. We accept poetry, prose, and visual art of any style or theme. We ask to be the first to publish your work in North America; after publication, the rights return to you. Send your best art and/or writing, in English or English translation, to girlsrighttheworld@gmail.com by December 31, 2025. Please include a note mentioning your age, where you’re from, and a bit about your submission.

GLIMPSE SEEKS POEMS for Issue # 59. For submission guidelines, SASE to George J. Searles, Editor, Box 51, Clinton, NY 13323, or see website (glimpsepoetrymagazine.com). 

HAWAII PACIFIC REVIEW seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Based at Hawaii Pacific University, HPR charges no fees and reads submissions from August to January. Our work has been featured in the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize anthologies. Details can be found at www.hawaiipacificreview.org. 

ISSUE #21! SLAB has now passed through its awkward adolescence (those crushes on older, more established lit mags) and now is striking out in new directions. Help us celebrate this milestone issue by sending your funkiest fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and text-based art. Reading period ends April 15, 2026. Details: slabitmag.org. 

ITALIAN AMERICANA seeks fiction and poetry on any subject and style from writers of Italian heritage on either side. Past contributors include Olivia Kate Cerrone, Peter Covino, and Maria Mazziotti Gillan. Deadlines: July 1 for winter 2026, December for summer 2026. Submission guidelines on our website: https://press-ia.scholasticahq.com/for-authors. 

MISTAKE HOUSE Magazine invites submissions of fiction and poetry by students currently enrolled in graduate or undergraduate colleges and universities worldwide. We seek inventive writing that plays with process, craft, and form. Submission window: October 15, 2025, to March 15, 2026. Guidelines at www.mistakehouse.org/submit. 

PENSIVE: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts, an acclaimed annual publication from Northeastern University, welcomes exciting unpublished poetry, prose, art, and translations from around the world. Please explore first at www.pensivejournal.com; submit via Submittable August 1–November 15. No fee.

RATTLE SEEKS submissions of invented forms for the Summer 2026 issue—poems written in a form created by the author. Explain the form with a note. Deadline: January 15, 2026. Online submissions accepted. For more information, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY and A&M College’s literary magazine, Sangam, is once again open for submissions! Send us your best poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. See: www.subr.edu/page/submissions for details. We are looking forward to you being part of Sangam’s emerging position in today’s literary tradition.

SUBMISSIONS TO River Teeth (narrative nonfiction) and Beautiful Things (micro-essays) are open January 1–April 1, & September 1–December 1. River Teeth encourages underrepresented writers to submit work for consideration, including but not limited to: BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled writers. Read complete guidelines for all submissions at riverteethjournal.com/submission-guidelines/. 

THE BLUEBIRD WORD is planning its annual Winter Holiday Reflection Issue and welcomes poetry and flash (under 1,000 words). Publication online in December and January 2026. Topics to consider: Holidays, traditions, reflection, winter season, etc. Deadline: November 15; no fee. Guidelines at https://thebluebirdword.com/. 

TINT JOURNAL, the literary magazine for non-native English creative writing, is currently seeking fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language. Deadline: November 31. No fee. Please visit www.tintjournal.com/submit to review our guidelines and submit. #showyourtint. 

TWO HAWKS QUARTERLY is a digital journal affiliated with Antioch University Los Angeles’ BA Program in Creative Writing and is setting the bar for contemporary literature with bold and illuminating poetry, fiction, CNF, art, and quality experimental work. For guidelines, see www.twohawksquarterly.com. 

WILLOW REVIEW is a nonprofit international creative writing journal (est. 1969) accepting general submissions year-round. Send a maximum of 5 poems or short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7,000 words. All work should be unpublished and accompanied by SASE. Manuscripts will not be returned unless requested. We will accept simultaneous submissions if indicated in the cover letter. Submissions should be sent to Willow Review, College of Lake County, 19351 West Washington St., Grayslake, IL 60030-1198. Willow Review can be found on EBSCO host databases. Website: www.clcillinois.edu/willowreview. 

THE WRITER’S WORKSHOP REVIEW publishes the best in creative nonfiction, fiction, and interviews and pays for published stories. Send us narrative nonfiction, personal essays, short stories, and short shorts, as well as travel, food and wine, and writing with a strong narrative element. Submissions: Kathleen Glassburn at glassburnkathleen03@gmail.com. For more information, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net.

$3,500 ONLY POEMS 2025 Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize. Theme: Love, Faith, & Sex. Winner: $1,000 + nomination for Pushcart, Best Spiritual Literature, or Best New Poets. Finalists: 10 x $250. Submit up to 3 pages of unpublished poetry, September 21–November 7. Fee: $18. Simultaneous submissions welcome. Guidelines and more: www.onlypoems.net/contests/leonard-cohen-poetry-prize. 

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by November 30—Best Poetry $1,000; Fiction $1,000; Nonfiction $1,000; Flash Fiction $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online. “I love the emphasis on new writers, the blind judging, and the lack of restrictions on subject and style. Thank you, NMW!”—Orlando Dare, Mexico. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

2026 BECHTEL PRIZE: Teachers & Writers Magazine seeks essays describing a creative writing teaching experience, project, or activity that demonstrates innovation in creative writing instruction. $1,000 will be awarded to the winner, with additional prizes for a runner-up and honorable mention. Visit www.teachersandwritersmagazine.org/bechtel-prize for submission guidelines. Deadline: January 11, 2026. Winners announced spring 2026.

2026 NEW AMERICAN Poetry Prize. $1,500 and book publication. Final judge: Rick Barot. Deadline: January 15, 2026. Minimum length: 48 pages (no maximum). Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines: https://newamericanpress.com/2026-new-american-poetry-prize-final-judge-rick-barot. 

THE 2026 ORISON Prizes in Poetry & Fiction offer $1,500 and publication by Orison Books for a full-length manuscript in each genre. Judges: Leila Chatti (poetry); fiction judge: Margot Livesey. Entry fee: $25. Entry period: December 1, 2025–April 1, 2026. For guidelines visit orisonbooks.com/submissions.

2026 PRESS 53 Award for Short Fiction: Awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of stories. Reading Fee: $30. Award: $1,000 advance, publication, 53 copies. Submit online with Submittable or by mail until December 31. Press 53 publisher Kevin Morgan Watson will serve as judge. Winner and finalists announced by May 3, 2026. Publication in May 2027. Details at www.press53.com/award-for-short-fiction. 

20TH ANNUAL Smith College Poetry Prize for New England & New York High School Girls in 10th & 11th grades. Award: $500 & opportunity to present poem. Judge: Yalie Saweda Kamara. No entry fee. Submissions: September 1–December 1. Sponsored by the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College. Guidelines, eligibility, required entry form: www.smith.edu/poetrycenter/wp/outreach/hs-poetry-prize. 

THE AMITY LITERARY PRIZE offers publication and a $1,000 cash prize annually. Though only one winner will be chosen, we may offer to publish other manuscripts submitted to the competition. Previous winners include Chad V. Broughman for The Fall of Bellwether, winner also of the Hawthorne Prize, 2024. Submit online. Website: https://anamcara-press.com/past-winners/.

ANNOUNCING THE CALL for submissions for Wesleyan University Press’s Cardinal Poetry Prize. For first full-length books by poets over 40. Open February 1–28, 2026. Judged by Robert Pinsky. $1,000 cash prize and publication by Wesleyan University Press. Website: weslpress.org/the-cardinal-poetry-prize/. 

ANNUAL RATTLE Chapbook Prize offers 3 winners $5,000 for a chapbook (up to 36 pages), plus 500 author copies and distribution to Rattle’s 8,000+ subscribers. Entry fee of $30 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: January 15, 2026. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com/chapbooks. 

BLAIR’S WREN POETRY PRIZE, judged by Sandra Beasley, is open October 1–November 15, capped at 300 submissions. The prize is for a first, second, or third full-length unpublished poetry manuscript. Free to enter. Blair is a nonprofit publisher focused on new and historically neglected authors. Full details at https://blair.submittable.com/submit. 

BOOTH INVITES submissions for the Susan Neville Prizes in Fiction and Poetry. $1,000 awards for each. $20 entry fee includes print subscription. Judges are Kaveh Akbar and Paige Lewis. Open from October 1-December 31. All entries considered for publication. Submit/guidelines at: https://booth.submittable.com/submit. 

CALIFORNIA STATE POETRY SOCIETY seeks unpublished poems for its California Quarterly (year-round, via Submittable.com) and its Annual Contest (accepted March 1–June 30). Poems invited for CSPS Poetry Letter and monthly contests. See www.californiastatepoetrysociety.com for publications, membership, submission requirements, and details. Write to CSPS, P.O. Box 4288, Sunland, CA 91041-4288.

CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS seeks submissions of manuscripts for our annual Nonfiction Book Contest, September 1–December 31. Prize is $500, publication, 5 print copies, 1 year of promotions. Contest fee is $30. See submission guidelines at www.choeofpleirnpress.com/nonfiction-book-contest. 

CIDER PRESS REVIEW Book Award. Prize: $1,500 and publication of full-length poetry collection. All entrants will receive the winning book. Reading period: September 1–November 30. Judge: Consuelo Wise. Reading fee: $27. Submit 48– to 80-page manuscript to www.ciderpressreview.com/submit. Guidelines: www.ciderpressreview.com/bookaward. 

CLOUDBANK CONTEST: $200 will be awarded for 1 poem or short prose piece in Cloudbank 20. Submissions accepted through February 28, 2026, via Submittable. The $15 entry fee includes 2-issue subscription. Complete contest guidelines, as well as information on current and past issues, can be found at cloudbankbooks.com. Revive us with your fire.

CODHILL PRESS Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award: $1,000 plus 25 copies. Distribution by SUNY Press. Deadline: December 30. Submit book-length manuscript (48–72 pages), acknowledgements, table of contents, and cover page (name, address, phone, e-mail) to: https://codhillpoetryaward.submittable.com/submit. $30 entry fee. For complete guidelines: www.codhill.com. 

COLORADO PRIZE for Poetry. $2,500 honorarium and book publication. Submit book-length collection of poems by January 14, 2026. Final judge is Victoria Chang. $25 entry fee includes subscription to Colorado Review. Complete guidelines at https://coloradoprize.colostate.edu or Colorado Prize for Poetry, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.

FIRST BOOK by a U.S. poet 70 or older: Henry Morgenthau III Poetry Prize. Deadline: January 15, 2026. Award: $2,000 and publication by Passager. Entry fee: $25. Send: 30–40 poems, SASE/e-mail for notification only. Hard copy or use Submittable. Address: 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208. Complete guidelines: www.passagerbooks.com/submit. 

GIFTED FICTION WRITERS! Lilith magazine—independent, Jewish, & frankly feminist—seeks quality short stories with heart, soul, and chutzpah, 3,000 words or under, for our Annual Fiction Contest. Open September 1–December 31. First prize: $300 and publication. We especially like fresh fiction with feminist and Jewish nuance and are eager to read submissions from writers of color and emerging writers of any age. Submit to info@lilith.org with the subject line “Fiction Contest” and your surname. **Include full contact info on MS.** Website: www.lilith.org/contact/writing-for-lilith. And check out FRANKLY FEMINIST: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine, available now wherever you buy books, or at bit.ly/FranklyFeminist. 

GRAYSON BOOKS Chapbook Contest. $500 and 50 gorgeous copies will be awarded to the winner. Submit 16–36 pages poetry, $20 reading fee. January 31 deadline. Electronic submissions only. Simultaneous submissions accepted if we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Suzanne Cleary will judge. See www.graysonbooks.com for complete guidelines.

HAZEL ROWLEY PRIZE for First-Time Biographers: Sponsored by the Biographers International Organization (BIO), the Rowley prize offers $5,000 for the best book proposal from a first-time biographer, plus a careful reading by an established agent. Submissions due February 1, 2026. Guidelines and entry forms are available on the BIO website: www.biographersinternational.org/rowley-prize. 

I-70 REVIEW announces the Bill Hickok Humor Award for a poem. The winner receives $1,000, and the poem will appear in I-70 Review 2026. Submit 1 to 3 poems with a $15 entry fee to i70review@gmail.com. Reading period: January 1 to February 28, 2026. No submissions before January 1. Submissions will be eligible for publication in I-70 Review. The judge is Ted Kooser. For more info, visit http://i70review.fieldinfoserve.com. 

LONGLEAF PRESS Book Award. Beautifully designed publication by Longleaf Press, a $1,000 prize, and 25 author copies awarded for a poetry collection in English. Roger Weingarten will judge. Submit at least 50 pages and a $27 entry fee by January 15, 2026, via Submittable. See the website for complete guidelines: www.longleafpress.org. 

THE MEMOIR PRIZE for Books awards up to $5,000 for full-length memoir, essay collection, graphic art, creative, and narrative nonfiction works of exceptional merit. There are no restrictions on subject matter, page count, type of publisher, or the year of publication. Deadline: February 28, 2026. Find out more at: https://memoirmag.com. 

ONEPAGEPOETRY.COM—Now accepting entries for our 2025 poetry contest. In celebration of the beautiful art of poetry, as long as it fits on 1 page. Entry fee: $25. Prizes include $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second, $500 for third, and inclusion of the top 100 poems in our yearly anthology. Website: www.onepagepoetry.com. 

ONE ROOM. One Hour. One essay on what you encounter. Explore the challenge at www.jackwieland.com. $1,000 for no more than 1,000 words will be awarded to winning entries posted to Substack. Essays accepted through the end of the year. Give it a whirl and see what you see.

PRISM REVIEW Poetry/Nonfiction Contests! $250 prizes! Great judges! Poetry: Jennifer Espinoza (I’m Alive. It Hurts. I Love It. and I Don’t Want to Be Misunderstood). Nonfiction: Sarah Fawn Montgomery (Halfway from Home, Nautilus Book Award for lyric prose). $10 entry gets you a great $10 issue. Deadline: Midnight, November 30. Website: prismreview.submittable.com/submit. 

SELECTED SHORTS’ Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Contest judged by author Simon Rich. Prize includes $1,000; publication on electricliterature.com; a 10-week course with Gotham Writers Workshop; and 2 tickets to a performance of Selected Shorts featuring your winning story. Max: 750 words. Fee: $25. Due: March 6, 2026. For complete guidelines, visit www.selectedshorts.org. 

SLAB 2026 PRIZE in Creative Nonfiction. SLAB seeks flash, medium, and traditional-length CNF. First place receives $850 and publication; runner-up receives $500 and publication. Judge: Hattie Fletcher, editor of the monthly True Story magazine. All entries considered for publication. $10 reading fee. Reading period ends April 15, 2026. Details: slabitmag.org. 

15TH ANNUAL “Writing Down the Baja,” February 14–22, 2026, Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico. Inspired by the Baja, renew your commitment to writing. Seven days of workshops, evening presentations, field trips, lodging and meals all-inclusive. 2026 faculty: Ellen Waterston, author and Oregon Poet Laureate; poet & author John Calderazzo; environmental writer SueEllen Campbell. Reserve now “Writing Down the Baja 2026,” Todos Santos’ longest-running writing retreat. Questions? E-mail: info@writingranch.com. 

DEVOTION TO WRITING workshops, residencies, retreats. Cultivate and sustain your writing practice with Devotion to Writing, a program for, and community of, writers and artists devoted to deepening their creative practice. Martha’s Vineyard, Italy, Portugal, and online. Visit devotiontowriting.com or follow @devotiontowriting.com on social media and YouTube. 

PORCHES WRITING RETREAT, an historic farmhouse overlooking the James River in Blue Ridge foothills. Spacious porches, comfortable, high-ceilinged rooms, high-speed Wi-Fi, well-equipped communal kitchen, also a private cottage. Find peace and inspiration. Availability by days, week, month. Open all year. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com. 

SPECTACULAR SANCTUARY overlooking the Russian River, close to the Pacific Ocean, Bodega Bay, wineries and hiking trails. This 3 bedroom (desk + chair), 2 bath home sits at the end of a quiet cul de sac with direct river access, kayaks available, balcony with bbq & hot tub. Two-night minimum but weekly stay, up to 1 month, preferred. Website: https://zenbytheriver.my.canva.site/. Contact: wonderlandvacay@gmail.com. 

STORIES AND SONGS in Italy—April 25–May 1, 2026—on a Tuscan farm near Siena. Tracks for prose storytellers; songwriters; or both. An inspiring generative retreat with novelist/memoirist/essayist Carolyn Flynn, novelist and lyricist Karen Leslie and the award-winning songwriter Clay Mills of Songtown. Website: www.storiesandsongsretreat.com. 

WOMEN READING ALOUD hosts 32nd writing retreat in April 2026. Finger Lakes, NY. Dedicated to the power of the writer’s voice, we emphasize community and connection. All genres welcome. Daily workshops. Supportive environment. Stunning accommodations. Website: www.womenreadingaloud.org. 

ZIGBONE FARM RETREAT, near DC/Baltimore in Catoctin Mtns. Creative Writing w/Diana Friedman (April); Writer’s Hive —We Cook, You Write (June); Novel Writing w/Tammy Greenwood (July); Inspired Writing w/Eugenia Kim (Sept.); Poetry/Yoga w/Ann Quinn (Nov). Grand ecolodge—artistically, naturally renovated. Timbered ceilings, adobe walls, Moroccan-tiled bathrooms, 100 acres, farm-fresh meals. Website: www.zigbonefarmretreat.com/retreats. E-mail: dena@zigbonefarmretreat.com. 

DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING? Domestic hubbub? Prospect Street Writers House offers peace and quiet by the week or by the day. We’ll find a spot for you. Website: www.prospectstreet.org or gclark@prospectstreet.org. 

DORLAND MOUNTAIN Arts Residency is nestled in the hills overlooking the beautiful Temecula Valley, wine country of Southern CA. Five self-contained cottages each with workspace & porch. Hiking trails/ponds/views—oak trees and quail. Peaceful, inspiring. Finish your project. A few late fall/winter spaces available. Reserve now! E-mail: info@dorlandmountainarts.org; website: www.dorlandmountainarts.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

2026 WRITING GOALS? Write more poems and publish more with Two Sylvias Press’s Weekly Muse—your Sunday-morning poetry companion. Paid subscribers get: a year of Zoom classes with renowned poets, weekly prompts & exercises, publishing opps, interviews, a private online community, & more. Build your writing life with “the best new tool for poets”—all for under $20/month. Learn more: https://twosylviaspress.substack.com/p/coming-soon. 

45 YEARS OF publishing experience. Founder/former director of Paris Press Jan Freeman provides astute manuscript consultations, development, and coaching for writers and poets. “Jan’s ear and her perceptive questions and suggestions were right on the mark as I worked towards the completion of my memoir. I highly recommend her.”—Rose Styron, Beyond This Harbor (Knopf). “My decision to work with Jan Freeman was one of the best decisions that I have ever made in preparing a poetry manuscript.”—Glenis Redmond, The Listening Skin (Four Way Books). Website: www.janfreeman.net/editing-services. E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com. 

ABLE AND WELL-KNOWN writer, teacher, editor, (Scribner, Random House, Bantam, Dell, Oxford University Press, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Narrative, Harper’s, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The American Scholar, Esquire, GQ, Ploughshares) offers manuscript critique, editing, private tutorials on short stories, novels, and literary nonfiction. Authors edited include Rick Bass, T. C. Boyle, Jennifer Egan, Saidiya Hartman, Min Jin Lee, Anthony Marra, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joyce Carol Oates, James Salter, Morgan Talty, and many others. Contact: editor@tomjenks.com. Website: tomjenks.com. 

ACCLAIMED POETRY EDITOR, former executive director of Alice James Books, 25+ years’ editing experience. Professional manuscript evaluation, comprehensive editing. Edits for various budgets. Workshops, tutorials, publishing advice. Author of We (Red Hen Press, 2025), Event Boundaries, Anxious Music (Four Way Books). Former SNU CW MFA faculty. Website: www.aprilossmann.com. E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com. 

ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE SERVICES: Visit my website for budget-sensitive options. Marcia Trahan, memoirist (Mercy) and editor with 21 years’ experience, offers developmental critiques, copy editing, and help with queries and book proposals. Specializing in memoir; also handles wide range of fiction. Traditional and indie authors welcome. Patient, supportive approach. E-mail: info@marciatrahan.com. Website: www.marciatrahan.com. 

AT PORCHES Writing Retreat: A comprehensive 3-day 1-on-1 novel consultation, offering a deep dive into your manuscript with editor Greg Michalson for writers who have a finished or nearly finished draft. This unique experience, not offered anywhere else in the country, includes 4 nights in an 1854 farmhouse on the James River, VA. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com/workshops-fellowships. 

AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Professional editor, literary midwife, award-winning author (Bantam, Avon, Scholastic, Berkley/Ace, others) offers extensive critiques, tutorials, revisions, support. Upgrade your writing skills; solve problems with plot, character development, pacing. Specialties include literary and mainstream fiction, mystery/thriller, juvenile/YA, general nonfiction, psychology, spirituality. Carol Gaskin. Phone: (941) 377-7640. E-mail: carol@editorialalchemy.com. Website: www.editorialalchemy.com.  

AWARD-WINNING FICTION WRITER, graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, creative writing teacher of 35 years, provides personalized manuscript editing. I offer detailed editing, honest evaluation, and sensitive critique. I work with new and experienced writers, fiction and nonfiction. Contact Hugh Cook. E-mail: hughcook212@gmail.com. Website: hugh-cook.ca. 

BEFORE YOU HIT that Send button to query an agent or publisher—and certainly before you self-publish—let’s make sure your manuscript is pitch perfect. Line editing, coaching, proofing, and honest, helpful feedback. Visit www.4revisions.com or write to me, Lesley, at 4revisions@gmail.com. 

BIRDS & MUSES mentorship for women writers. Realize your vision with a mentor as invested in your story & your growth as you are. Acclaimed novelist, memoirist, editor Kate Moses: Taking writers under her wing for 3 decades with startling insights, attentive generosity, command of craft, acute editorial skill. Website: www.birdsandmuses.com. 

BLOCKED? STRUGGLING? I’ll help you finish that project! Break through blocks with professional writing mentoring from published journalist, poet, playwright, researcher. Skilled editor, experienced teacher, compassionate coach. New genre? Creative transition? Unearthed manuscript? Personal dream?—I can help you write, edit, publish! Carol Burbank, MA, PhD. Free 30-minute consultation. E-mail: cburbank@storyweaving.com. Website: www.storyweaving.com. 

FREE SESSION WITH Writer Wellness Consultant and Mentor. Have writing begging to get on the page, revised, and moved on to publishing? Want to find out what’s in the way? Give yourself the gift of a free consultation and get started. Contact: Andrea R. Canaan, MSW, MFA. E-mail: andreacanaan@gmail.com; website: www.andreacanaan.blog. 

HIGH-QUALITY professional editing for writers of fiction and narrative nonfiction, offering services from developmental to line editing. Can be especially helpful to unpublished or first-time writers. Honest, constructive, meticulous feedback. Free sample edit. Visit New Leaf Editing at www.newleafediting.com. 

MENTORING AND MANUSCRIPT assessment: Providing expert editorial appraisal and help to poets at all levels.Award-winning poet and fiction writer, educator, and mentor to many writers in the United States and abroad now available for intensive manuscript review. Offering line-by-line editing and much more. E-mail me at susansonde@msn.com for in-depth details and testimonials. 

MOUNTAIN AURA Publishing—an artisan approach to publishing. Personal, hands-on guidance from concept to finished book. Emphasizing craftsmanship, quality, and attention to detail, we treat each project as a unique, meaningful work. For writers ready to publish with care and integrity. Editing, coaching, and creative writing classes available. Website: mountainaurapublishing.com. 

POETRY, POETRY MS. Expand your range, syntax, facility with language. Close editing, attention to big picture, phone or Skype conferences—U.S. or international. Experienced poet/teacher, award-winning author of 11 collections, 5 with Godine and Knopf. I founded and taught in the MFA and postgraduate conference at Vermont College. E-mail: rogerweingarten12@gmail.com. For further details, please visit website: www.rogerweingarten.com. 

RESPECTFUL, AFFORDABLE developmental editing in literary and upmarket fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Writer and professor with over 15 years’ college teaching experience. From line edits to global revisions, character work to creative coaching, brainstorming to final draft, I’m here for what you need. Initial consultations are free. Website: adamprinceauthor.com. 

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THE 16TH MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat in the Berkshires, April 23–28, 2026. Enjoy the restorative beauty of spring in New England, writing dozens of drafts in museum galleries of MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, and WCMA. Experiment with new forms of creative expression as art opens your memories, perceptions, and imagination in a supportive community. Emerging and experienced poets welcome. Website: www.janfreeman.net/workshops-readings; e-mail: janfreemanpoetry@gmail.com. 

32ND ANNUAL Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, January 16–19, 2026, Atlantic City, NJ, area. Join us for small, generative workshops in poetry, fiction, memoir, nonfiction, songwriting, and storytelling. Enjoy intensive and supportive sessions, insightful feedback, and an encouraging community. Learn more and register today: www.stockton.edu/wintergetaway. 

FOR WRITERS AT all levels! Todos Santos Writers Workshop 13th annual Winter Session, January 31–February 7, 2026, in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Faculty: Christopher Merrill (poetry), Ann Hood (fiction) Jeanne McCulloch and Karen Karbo (memoir), and Rex Weiner (Strategies in Storytelling). More info: www.todossantoswritersworkshop.com. #lithappens. 

GREATER PHILADELPHIA Wordshop Studio supports writers in the development of their individual voices and practice of their craft. Workshops in Center City and Delaware County, PA, following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method. Writers of all ages, levels of experience, and genres welcome. (610) 853-0296. E-mail: ah@philawordshop.com. Website: www.philawordshop.com. 

JOIN A WRITING COMMUNITY. Share your poetry, stories, or book chapters. Get feedback for your writing. Enter contests with cash prizes. Make friends who love writing. First month just $1.99! Website: fanstory.com. 

LOOKING FOR personalized feedback on your manuscript? Canada’s Humber School for Writers has a 28-week online graduate program for those working on book-length projects, plays, or screenplays. We also offer mentorship for writers of children’s literature. Registration for January 2026 now open! Explore your options: www.humberschoolforwriters.ca. 

SIDE EFFECTS May Include Great Writing! Sign up for Bellevue Literary Review’s new writing workshop, the Literary Rx: Writing Illness onto the Page. Share your story in a supportive community. Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction sections available; all levels welcome. January 2026. Space is limited. Details at www.blreview.org.