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LOVE READING extraordinarily interesting short stories? Want to be published in the anthology that readers worldwide rank higher than Best American and O. Henry? Then read COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2025—https://amzn.to/4958AFN—and let its stories inspire you to write a terrific story to submit to us!

SEEKING WORK born of bipolar mania to show that mental illness has an upside —creativity. 50 pages maximum. Journals. Short stories, Rants. Letters. Anonymous okay. Paid upon publication. Anthology curated by Wendy Aron, former Psychology Today blogger. Send to waclipper@gmail.com. 

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. 

FAW (FRIENDS OF AMERICAN WRITERS) seeks book submissions for its annual 103-year-old literary awards in 2 categories: Literature for adults and literature for children and young adults. Publishers and/or authors are invited to submit books published in 2025. Generous monetary prizes awarded. Guidelines: Authors must reside (or have resided) in the American Midwest. Books set in the region (even if the author is non-resident) also qualify. Fiction or creative nonfiction, please. No self-published or e-books, poetry, genres, or series books. Authors of more than 3 published books are ineligible. (If an author has multiple books published in 2025, all are eligible.) Books nominated for the award must be received by December 13 but we appreciate entries ASAP. No application forms! Please send 2 copies of books for the Adult Literature Award and author info as early as possible to: Carrie Brenner, Literature Awards Chair, 2616 Blackhawk Rd., Wilmette, IL 60091. E-mail: carriebrenner123@gmail.com. For info on previous awards, please visit www.fawchicago.org/awards.php.

THE 2025 SUMMER themes at Sequestrum are (ending July 15): 1. Nature 2. Optimism 3. Time & (starting July 16) 1. The Unknown 2. Heroes 3. Visual. Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Submit via our online submission system. 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 ANNUAL FALL Crone Power Issue from Gyroscope Review poetry magazine opens July 1 for submissions through September 1. Seeking contemporary poetry by female-identifying poets over the age of 50. No-fee submissions accepted through Submittable. Back issues available free online. For guidelines visit www.gyroscopereview.com. Older women—we want your poetry!

THE AWAKENINGS REVIEW is seeking submissions from writers and poets who have experience with mental illness, either in themselves, family members, or as caregivers. Published twice a year. Prefer submissions about taking positive steps in life. Also, we look for experience with mental illness that is not demoralizing. Submission guidelines at www.awakeningsproject.org. 

THE BLUEBIRD WORD seeks poetry and flash pieces (under 1,000 words) for upcoming issues. The journal publishes writing that celebrates moments in time with flashes of beauty, calm, and purpose. We publish 10 selections each month and are open year-round. Read previous issues and submission guidelines at https://thebluebirdword.com/. 

BLUELINE: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and nonfiction about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence. Submission period July 1 through November 30. Decisions mid-February. Payment in copies. Please identify simultaneous submissions; notify immediately if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to blueline@potsdam.edu. Please identify the genre in the subject line. Website: www.bluelineadkmagazine.org. 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: I-70 Review will be accepting submissions of poetry and short fiction or nonfiction under 1,500 words from July 1 until November 30, 2025, for its 2026 issue. For more information, check our website at http://i70review.fieldinfoserve.com. 

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. 

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. 

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 1 for summer 2026. Submission guidelines: https://press-ia.scholasticahq.com/for-authors. 

PINYON invites high-quality submissions of poetry and short fiction from emerging and established writers. Reading period is August 1 to December 1. We are at Pinyon, Department of Languages, Literature, and Mass Communication, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave., Grand Junction, CO, 81501-3122 but please submit electronically at our website www.thepinyon.wordpress.com. 

RATTLE SEEKS submissions from Rebel Poets for the Spring 2026 issue: Poems may be any style but must be written by poets who rebel against the literary establishment and feel “rebellious” in some way. Explain with a note. Deadline: October 15. Online submissions accepted. For more information, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

SAN PEDRO RIVER REVIEW. Open July 1 to 31. No submission fee. More at www.bluehorsepress.com. 

SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW invites no-fee submissions of CNF, fiction, poetry, and visual art. This year’s suggested theme is “Resistance: Grit, Rebellion, and Dissent.” Word limit per fiction or CNF submission is 2,000 words; poets may submit up to 5 poems of any length per period. Submit via Submittable between July 15 and November 1. Learn more at www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-literary-review. 

SIXTY YEARS OLD or older and looking to publish your first fiction? Submit it to Persimmon Tree! For 18 years our magazine has published the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of both new and established older women artists. See our Submissions guidelines at https://persimmontree.org/submissions/. 

STONE CANOE, the award-winning annual journal of art, writing, and ideas, is now reading submissions for its 2026 issue. The journal is open to work by poets, writers, and artists who are either current or former residents of Upstate New York. For complete submission guidelines, visit www.stonecanoe.submittable.com/submit or e-mail stonecanoe@ymcacny.org. 

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/. 

THIRD STREET REVIEW is an online literary journal for flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography. We are a paying market, and we welcome work from writers and artists from all cultural backgrounds and experience levels. For complete submission guidelines, please visit www.third-street-review.org/submissions. Looking forward to seeing your work! 

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. Submissions open September 9, 2024. 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 EBSCOhost 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, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net.

JOIN US FOR SOMOS’ ninth Annual Taos Writers Conference in beautiful Taos, New Mexico, July 25–27, 2025, featuring keynote speaker, poet, memoirist, & playwright Nick Flynn. Over 20 workshops in every genre, including poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, YA, & essays. FYI: somos@somostaos.org, call (575) 758-0081, or e-mail somos@somostaos.org. 

NONFICTION WRITERS CONFERENCE—All Write, Columbia, Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference, November 6-9, 2025, at the Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY. is now accepting applications. Just 20 writers accepted for this small and focused conference. Workshops, craft talks, publishing panel, and more. Deadline to apply: October 2. Websites: https://spencertownacademy.org,  https://spencertownacademy.org/all-write-columbia/.

$2,000 ONLY POEMS Inaugural Bob Hicok Fellowship 2025. Open to everyone, everywhere. Winner: $1,000 cash + $1,000 in workshop credits + a yearlong invitation to support & grow your writing career. Finalists: 5 x $200 in workshop credits. Submit 5-10 pages of poetry (previously published welcome!). Deadline: August 31 | Fee: $18. Guidelines and more —> https://www.onlypoems.net/bob-hicok-fellowship-poets.

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by July 31—$1,000 each for best poetry, fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction. All winners 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.”—Orlando Dare, recent submitter. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

THE 2025 BEST Spiritual Literature Awards in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction will award $500 and publication in Orison Books’ annual Best Spiritual Literature anthology for a single work in each genre. Judges: Yehoshua November (poetry), Halle Hill (fiction), and Athena Dixon (nonfiction). Entry fee: $12. Submission deadline: August 1. Website: www.orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2025 MORTON MARCUS Poetry Prize. The Hive Poetry Collective announces the 2025 Morton Marcus Poetry Prize. Submit one poem, $18/entry. Judge: Nancy Miller Gomez. Winner receives $1,000 and invitation to read at the 16th Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading on November 20. Full details at hivepoetry.org/morton-marcus-prize/. Deadline: September 30, 2025.

THE 2025 ORISON Chapbook Prize will award $300 and publication by Orison Books for a manuscript of 20–45 pages in any literary genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, or hybrid). Orison Books founder and editor Luke Hankins will judge. Submission period: April 1–July 1. Entry fee: $15. For complete guidelines, see www.orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2026 PRESS 53 Award for Poetry. $1,000 advance, publication, and 53 copies awarded to an outstanding, unpublished poetry manuscript. If runner-up is also selected: $500 advance, publication, and 25 copies. Tom Lombardo will judge. Prizes awarded upon publication. Deadline: July 31. Winner and finalists announced by November 1. Reading fee $30. Complete information at https://www.press53.com/award-for-poetry/. 

22ND ANNUAL Gival Press Short Story Award for best previously unpublished literary story in English (stand-alone, not from a novel), approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words. Prize: $1,000, publication on website. Reading fee: $25 per story submitted. Deadline: August 8. Details: www.givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

28TH ANNUAL Blue Lynx Prize, $2,000 plus publication, is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems. Submit manuscripts and $28 reading fee to lynxhousepress.submittable.com or P.O. Box 96, Spokane, WA 99210. Recent winners include Martha Silano, Sara Moore Wagner, Jim Daniels, Flower Conroy, Heather Sellers, Kirsten Kaschock, Joe Wilkins, Carolyne Wright, and Lue Lipsitz. Judges have included Yusef Komunyakaa, Melissa Kwasny, James Tate, Christopher Buckley, Dara Wier, Dorianne Laux, and Robert Wrigley. Deadline: July 30.

3 MILE HARBOR Press 8th Annual Poetry Award Results. Winner: Causa Sui, Elizabeth Knapp. Finalists: Rivermouth Shouting, Jean Gallagher; In the Time of Sonic Booms, B. Fulton Jennes; Bamboo Spine, Jenn Karetnik; Mini Series, Stephen Priest. For info about our 9th Annual Award, visit https://www.3mileharborpress.com. Winner receives $500 & publication.

ACTIVE AND RETIRED EDUCATORS, full- or part-time, are encouraged to submit a full-length poetry manuscript for the Dryden/Vreeland Poetry Prize. Publication, $1,000, and 10 author copies. Your poems need not focus on schools or teaching. Deadline is September 1. Final judge is Marsha de la O. Visit gunpowderpress.com for details.

THE ANNUAL Rattle Poetry Prize offers $15,000 for a single poem, plus a $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award. Entry fee of $30 includes a one-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: July 15. Submit up to 4 uncurated poems per entry. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com/prize. 

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is open! Now in its 15th year, the prize is for a book-length collection, $1,000, and book publication with spring 2025 titles. Judge: Anthony Walton. Entry fee: $30. Submission deadline: June 30, 2025. For guidelines: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize. Submit through submittable.com. 

BIRDY POETRY PRIZE, by Meadowlark Press. $1,000 cash prize, publication, and 50 copies. Submit 1 full-length poetry book manuscript (55–150 pages). Entry fee: $25. Submissions open: September 1 to December 1. Learn more: www.birdypoetryprize.com. 

CANTOR PRIZE 2025: $1,000, five $250 finalist prizes. 8th year. Open to Colorado poets any topic, or any poet writing in English about Colorado. $12 fee per poem, 3 for $30. Starts: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Judge: José A. Alcántara. Feedback: $8 per poem. Info at: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. 

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. 

DZANC BOOKS seeks innovative novels, poetry collections, and story collections for its annual contests. Contest winners receive publication and advances: $5,000 for the Prize for Fiction, $2,500 for the Short Story Collection, and $1,500 for the Nonfiction Prize. $25 reading fee per submission. Contests close September 30. Details at www.dzancbooks.org. 

EVENT MAGAZINE’S Nonfiction Contest: $3,000 in prizes, plus publication. Enter by October 15. We especially encourage BIPOC writers and writers of diverse backgrounds and experiences to explore the form and submit their work. 5,000-word limit. $34.95 entry fee includes a 1-year subscription. Full contest details: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf. 

FISCHER PRIZE 2025: $1,000, five $250 outstanding finalist prizes. 29th year. Open to all topics, all styles, all poets writing in English anywhere in the world. $12 fee per poem, 3 for $30. Start: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Judge: Art Goodtimes. Feedback $8 per poem. Info at: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. 

THE GRAYSON BOOKS Poetry Prize, open to all poets writing in English, is accepting submissions between June 1 and August 15. Submit 50–90 pages, including title page and contents. Electronic submissions only. https://graysonbooks.submittable.com/submit. No contact info on manuscript. Entry fee: $26. Winner will be awarded $1,000, publication, and 10 copies. Simultaneous submissions acceptable. Alberto Ríos will judge this year’s contest. Website: www.graysonbooks.com. 

JESSIE BRYCE NILES Chapbook Contest August 1–October 31: Prize: $1,000 and 50 author’s copies. Judge: Georgia Popoff. Anonymous judging. $30 entry fee includes copy of winning chapbook. Submit manuscripts (25–34 pages) online via Submittable OR by USPS to Comstock Review Chapbook, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. **NEW GUIDELINES!** No previously published collections or AI-assisted poems. See www.comstockreview.org or https://comstockreview.submittable.com/submit. 

THE OFF THE GRID PRIZE recognizes the work of older poets, highlighting important, often overlooked voices in contemporary poetry. We accept book-length manuscripts by poets over age 60 from May 1–August 31. The prize: $1,000 and publication, promotion, and distribution in print and audiobook formats. Submission fee: $25. Judge: John Yau. For guidelines visit www.grid-books.org/off-the-grid-press. 

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.

PATRICIA DOBLER Poetry Award: Open to women writers aged 40 and over living in the U.S. who haven’t published a full-length book of poetry (chapbooks excluded). Winner receives $1,000; publication in Voices from the Attic; round-trip travel, lodging, and reading at Carlow University in Pittsburgh with final judge. Poems must be unpublished, up to 75 lines; up to 2 poems, any style, per submission ($20 fee). 2025 award deadline TBA. Phone: (412) 578-6346; e-mail: sewilliams412@carlow.edu; or www.carlow.edu/dobler for complete rules.

RED WHEELBARROW Poetry Prize 2025: $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside, $500 for second, $250 for third. Top five published in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Submit up to 3 original unpublished poems. $15 entry fee. Deadline: July 31. For complete guidelines, visit http://redwheelbarrow.submittable.com. 

SENECA REVIEW accepts submissions for the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize. $2,000 prize, book publication, HWS reading. Judge: Melissa Febos. Lyric essay includes cross-genre and hybrid work. A group of related pieces or a single work. 48-120 pages. Submissions: June 1 to August 1, 2025. Website: www.hws.edu/offices/senecareview/bookprize.aspx. 

TERRAIN.ORG, the award-winning online literary journal of place, 16th Annual Contest in Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. All submissions considered for publication. $20/entry. $1,000 prize/genre, $200 for finalists. Deadline: September 1 (Labor Day). Submit and pay online. Guidelines: www.terrain.org/contest. 

TOM HOWARD/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. 23rd year. Top prize for a poem in any style: $3,500. Top prize for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style: $3,500. Total prizes: $12,000. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Fee: $25 per submission of 1–3 poems. Length limit: 250 lines per poem. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Submit by October 1. Enter at winningwriters.com/poetrypw2507. 

THE WILLOW SPRINGS Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize, $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs Magazine, is awarded for a surrealist poem. Michael McGriff will be the final judge. Submit up to 3 poems for a $15 entry fee. The deadline is October 1. Visit our website for guidelines: www.inside.ewu.edu/willowspringsmagazine/surreal-prize. 

WRITER ADVICE offers 4 contests per year—flash memoir, flash fiction, flash prose, and either Scintillating Starts or micros. Prizes, publication, tiered fees, and optional feedback. Check https://writeradvice.com/latest-contest-information/. We also provide manuscript consultations and editing for longer pieces: https://writeradvice.com/manuscript-consultation/.

SEEKING EDITOR for Esteemed Poetry Journal. Eight-year established online poetry journal with a dedicated following and excellent reputation seeks passionate editor to assume full responsibility. Ideal for a creative visionary with a love for poetry and publishing. Serious inquiries only. For more information, contact: queries.lm@proton.me.

FREE BOOK. My book of short stories, entitled Insatiable and Other Stories has had a good run; however, some books were set aside for promotion and never used for that purpose due to COVID. If you would like a free copy, please send your name and address to: Jack Clubb, 3417 Plata St., Los Angeles, CA 90026-3526. The books are available as long as supplies last.

CREATIVE WRITING ADVENTURES. Set your intentions now to join Page Lambert’s iconic “River Writing Journey for Women” professionally outfitted by Sheri Griffith River Expeditions (6 days/Utah/August); or her Berkshires private 75-acre retreat, “The Vibrant Landscape of Writing” (5 days/Massachusetts/October). A published, graduate-level writing instructor, Page has been leading creative adventures for 28 years.Website: www.pagelambert.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 kitchen, also a private cottage. Find peace and inspiration. Availability by day, week, month. Open all year. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com. 

RETREAT TO THE HEAT—Palm Springs, CA, August 10–13, sponsored by Palm Springs Writers Guild. Recharge and focus on your writing craft. Three sessions with acclaimed experts plus practice time with guided support. Unwind at the pool under the desert sky, enjoy social nights. Registration of $900 includes tuition, lodging at Hotel Zoso, breakfast, lunch and snacks. Website: www.palmspringswritersguild.org/retreat25. 

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 (September); Poetry/Yoga w/Ann Quinn (November). 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. Summer/fall residencies filling quickly. Rolling applications/reserve now! E-mail: info@dorlandmountainarts.org; website: www.dorlandmountainarts.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

SPEND A WEEKEND focused on only your writing. Located in scenic NH, beside the Ashuelot river. A lovely, quiet, self-directed writers retreat. Two spots open. Send in a sample of your work. Offering 2 special free retreats this summer. Shared kitchen facilities available. Website: 32mcenter.org. See website for e-mail address.

TRAVIS BOGARD Artist in Residence Program provides a working retreat for fellows whose work focuses on the performing arts: Playwriting, directing, scene design, or scholarly research and writing. Deadline for applications for 2026 fellowships: November 1, 2025. Early applications accepted. Sponsored by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, Danville, CA. Website: www.eugeneoneill.org/artist-in-residence-program. 

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. 

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. 

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, publicity 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. 

ALCHEMIZE YOUR PROSE to make it vivid, concerned, and fulfilled, opening the doors to creative process. Award-winning essayist, editor of Best American Essays, Welcome Table Press founder, and former editor at Gettysburg Review, this longtime creative-writing teacher will guide you in crafting narratives that shine and are noticed. E-mail: kimdanakupperman@gmail.com. 

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. 

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 has been 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. 

BOOST YOUR POETRY! Poetry Parlor is an online club for poets who want to take their writing to the next level. Each month you meet with other members to discuss an excellent contemporary poem, create your own poem from a stimulating prompt, then get expert help to improve it. Visit www.writebetterpoems.com/poetryparlor. 

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. 

POETRY CONSULTATIONS w/ MFA program faculty, editor, author. My website is out of date, but who cares? You want to write poetry or have a shiny website with annoying cursive font? Monthly, hourly, and manuscript-consultation rates. Contact me at https://www.davidblairpoetry.com/contact. 

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 FEEDBACK in fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, and poetry. Award-winning writer with over 15 years’ college teaching experience. From line edits to global revisions, character work to creative coaching to ghostwriting, brainstorming to final draft, I’m here for what you need. MFA., PhD in CW. Initial consultations are free. Website: adamprinceauthor.com. 

YOUR WORDS MATTER. At Marigold Editorial, we provide expert editing and holistic critique across all genres. With decades of experience as award-winning writers and teachers, we help shape your work with care and precision. Whether you’re polishing or starting fresh, we’re here to support you on your journey! Contact us: marigoldeditorial@gmail.com or www.marigoldeditorial.com. 

THE 14TH WRITING THROUGH ART Poetry Retreat in the Berkshires, October 9– October 13, 2025. Enjoy the restorative beauty of autumn in New England, writing dozens of drafts in museum galleries of the Clark Art Institute, MASS MoCA, 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. 

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. Phone: (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. 

LIVE FREE AND WRITE. August 10–15, 2025. Writing retreat in Sunapee, NH. Spend an inspiring week working on your poetry or memoir. Enjoy the refreshing New England summer with plentiful writing time, encouraging workshops, homemade meals, and time to relax. Learn more and register today: www.stockton.edu/murphywriting. 

WRITING CO-LAB provides dynamic online classes to deepen your craft, sharpen your publishing acumen, and ignite your imagination. We offer classes in all genres for every level. Writing Co-Lab is cooperatively run by artists committed to the joyous power of the written word. Learn more at www.writingco-lab.com/.