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GARDEN OF NEURO PUBLISHING seeks poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction for two 2026 anthologies: EMERGENT: VOLUME II (emerging voices) and BREAD (themed). All work considered for Pushcart Prize 2027. $35 fee (waivers available), up to 3 pieces. April 1–June 30. December publication. Website: gardenofneuro.org. E-mail: susan.brearley@gardenofneuro.org. 

LOST AMERICA ANTHOLOGY accepting new and previously published poems, short stories, plays, and essays. Any length. Also, color or b/w images. All political, personal, or unexpected viewpoints encouraged. Hopeful, or hopeless? Pays contributor’s copy. Send to: Dana Stamps, II, 3990 Reynolds Rd., Unit #422, Riverside, CA 92503. Or e-mail to Jeff Green: submit@lostamericaanthology.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. 

ATTENTION, WRITERS! Ares Press, a new and maverick fiction publisher, wants to consider your manuscript. We’re NOT a vanity press, and won’t charge to review your submission. A traditional publisher, we’ll compensate you if we select your work for publication. Join a new literary vanguard! Learn more at ares-press.com. 

FAW (FRIENDS OF AMERICAN WRITERS) seeks book submissions for its annual 104-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 2026. Generous monetary prizes awarded. Guidelines: Authors must reside (or have resided) in the American Midwest or the book is set in the Midwest. Fiction or creative nonfiction only. No self-published, e-books, poetry, or series books. Authors who have published more than 3 books are ineligible. (If an author has multiple books published in 2026, all are eligible.) Books must be received by December 10, 2026, but we appreciate entries ASAP. No application forms or fees! For information on previous awards, please visit www.fawchicago.org/awards.php. For submission mailing address e-mail: fawadultliterature@gmail.com.

2026 BURNSIDE REVIEW Chapbook Contest. Winner receives $200 and 10 copies. Chapbooks are elegantly designed with letterpressed covers. Runs May 1–June 30. Submit 18–24 pages of poetry. $15 entry fee. All submissions must be made through our submission manager, www.burnsidereview.org.

THE 2026 SPRING/SUMMER themes at Sequestrum are 1. “Place” and 2. “Optimism!” Accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication apply. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: June 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 peers, 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. 

BICOASTAL REVIEW (www.bicoastalreview.com) publishes quarterly poetry (with audio), nonfiction, interviews, reviews, and art. Our 2026 poetry contest is judged by Sarah Ghazal Ali, and nonfiction contest by Marco Wilkinson. Winners receive cash and print publication. We enjoy submissions on culture, politics, literature, ecology, feminism, queer identity, love, and the body.

BLUELINE: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seek s 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. 

CÆSURA requests submissions of poetry, fiction (sci-fi/non/flash), and all visual art forms, submission window March 1 to June 1. We need content for 2 unique volumes, print and online. No fees. Call will post by February 28. Scroll on www.pcsj.org/caesura to read the call/guidelines, view online editions, and order print editions.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: I-70 Review is accepting submissions of poetry and short fiction or nonfiction from July 1 until November 30, 2026, for its 2027 issue. For more information, please check our website (http://www.fieldinfoserv.com/). 

CALLING ALL AFRICAN-THEMED poetry, prose, & art! Pan Writers Caravan is currently seeking poetry, prose, & artwork of all genres by Submittable for publication into African Literary Arts: One Contemporaneous Anthology Celebrating the Global Diaspora. This multigenre collection, numbering tentatively 350–450 pages in length, will include prosodies of hybrid narratives & short stories, memoirs & personal essays, poetry, artwork, and several other literary keepsakes, nuggets, and gemstones. New deadline: December 31; free submissions. Minimally $50 in compensation & international publicity for contributors; coeditors & curators Mbizo Chirasha & Anthony Ramstetter, Jr. & published by Pan Writers Caravan (www.panwriterscaravan.wordpress.com). Submittable link with full submission guidelines here: panwriterscaravan.submittable.com/submit. 

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. 

DARK MOON LILITH is accepting submissions through June 30 for its Fall issue. Dedicated to the wondrous strange, we publish short fiction, essays, poetry, and art from the margins—work that resists, disrupts, and reimagines. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled creators encouraged. Explore our About Us page. Guidelines at darkmoonlilithpress.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. 

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 the winter issue, December 1 for the summer one. Submission guidelines: https://press-ia.scholasticahq.com/for-authors. 

JOIN THE LEGACY of California’s oldest literary journal, Reed Magazine, Pushcart Prize winner ranked among “Best Writing Contests.” We annually award $1,000 prizes in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art as well as offer free, non-contest categories. Our 2027 edition is a special 160th-anniversary double issue featuring one volume of entirely new work and a second, curated anthology from our archives. Submissions open May 1–October 1. Visit www.reed.org/submit. 

MER—MOM EGG REVIEW publishes fine literary work on mothers, mothering, and motherhood. We will open for submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative prose May 1 through July 15. For full guidelines, please visit https://merliterary.com/submit.

MIDNIGHT MIND is going to the pool! Or ocean. Or hot tub. Get in with us! Americans contemplate life choices while staring at the ocean. Annnnnnd we use it as an opportunity to drink beer and surf and get sunburned. Issue #10 will explore our connection to water: from pool parties to powerboats to quiet rivers to late-night illegal fountain swimming. Let’s hear stories of failure, fear, and redemption and as we negotiate the pool, ponds, lakes and rivers of our lives. Go to midnightmind.com to get the vibe. Send work to editor@midnightmind.com. Deadline: May 10.

NOMINEE: Ranked sixth among Top 25 Literary Magazines & Publications in 2022–2025 (Feedspot). The RavensPerch Literary Magazine seeks submissions of well-groomed poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. For submission guidelines, visit us at www.theravensperch.com. 

STONE CANOE, the award-winning annual journal of art, writing, and ideas, is now reading submissions for its 2027 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 stonecanoe.submittable.com/submit or e-mail stonecanoe@ymcacny.org. 

SUBMIT POEMS on any subject and in any style, length, and number at any time. No submission fees. The Great American Poetry Show, e-mail: info@tgaps.com. Website: www.tgaps.net. 

TINT JOURNAL, the literary magazine for non-native English creative writing, is seeking fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language. Please visit www.tintjournal.com/submit to review Tint’s open calls and submission guidelines. No fee. #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. 

UNBOUND INK, a new online literary journal, welcomes submissions for our inaugural issue through early May. We are committed to reading each submission anonymously. By approaching each piece in this way, we aim to share a rich spectrum of voices. Website: https://unboundink.org/submissions/.

WE’MOON—the best-selling astrological datebook and moon phase calendar filled with art and writing by women from around the world—is accepting submissions of art and writing for We’Moon 2028. Due date: August 1. No jury fees! Learn more about how to submit on our website: www.wemoon.ws/pages/submissions. 

WILLOW REVIEW accepts year-round submissions of up to 5 poems or short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7,000 words. Work must be unpublished; simultaneous submissions accepted if noted in cover letter. Include SASE. Send to: Willow Review, College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake, IL 60030.

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. 

ALL-AMERICAN STORY welcomes stories, artwork, and dialogues from American immigrants, and first- and second-gen Americans for publication on our Substack and other promotional opportunities. For details, please see our website www.all-americanstory.com.

JOIN US AT THE 10th Annual Taos Writers Conference in beautiful Taos, NM, July 24–26, with keynote speaker and featured faculty member Alexandra Fuller (Let’s Not Go to the Dogs Tonight). Offering over 20 workshops in poetry, fiction, memoir, playwriting, screenwriting, and more. FMI: somos@somostaos.org; website: www.somostaos.org; or phone: (575) 758-0081.

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by June 30—Best Poetry $1,000; Fiction $1,000; Nonfiction $1,000; Flash Fiction $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online. “It’s a thrill to add the NMW Award to my professional biography. Thanks for making another writer’s dream come true!”—Pamela Dillon, 58th Nonfiction Award Winner. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

2026 NEW AMERICAN Fiction Prize. $1,500 and book publication. Deadline: June 15. Minimum length: 100 pages (no maximum). Final judge: Shirley Jackson Award winner Keith Rosson, author of Coffin Moon and The Devil by Name. Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines: https://newamericanpress.com/2026-new-american-fiction-prize. 

THE 2026 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. 

2027 PRESS 53 Award for Poetry. $1,000, publication, and 53 copies awarded to an outstanding, unpublished poetry manuscript. 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/. 

23RD ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS Short Story Award for best previously unpublished literary story in English (standalone, not from a novel), approximately 5,000 words. Prize: $1,000, publication on website. Reading fee $25 per story submitted. Deadline: August 8. Detail: givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

25TH ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS Oscar Wilde Award for best previously unpublished poem in English that best relates GLBTQ life. Prize: $500, publication on website. Reading fee of $20 per 3 poems submitted, any form, style, length. Deadline: June 27. Details: givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

28THE ANNUAL BLUE LYNX PRIZE, $2000 plus publication by Lynx House Press, is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems. Submit manuscripts and $30 reading fee to P.O. Box 96, Spokane, WA 99210, or lynxhousepress.submittable.com. Previous winners include Laura McKee, Kirsten Kaschock, Joe Wilkins, Jim Daniels, Carolyne Wright, Robert Gregory, Suzanne Lummis, and Lue Lipsitz. Judges have included Yusef Komunyakaa, Melissa Kwasny, Christopher Buckley, Dara Wier, Dorianne Laux, and Robert Wrigley. Deadline: June 15.

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 1-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: rattle.com/page/poetryprize/. 

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is open again! Now in its 16th year, the prize is for a book-length collection, $1,000, and book publication with Spring 2026 titles. Judge: Dzvinia Orlowsky. Entry fee: $30. Submission deadline: June 30. For submission guidelines: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize. 

BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW’S annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. $1,000 Fiction Prize (Judge: Daniel Mason), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (Judge: Meghan O’Rourke), $1,000 Poetry Prize (Judge: Natalie Diaz). We welcome submissions from March 1–July 1. Entry fee: $20. Website: www.blreview.org. 

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. 

BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE WRITING CONTEST: Short Story; Narrative Essay; Poetry. $3,800 awarded 2025, including $1,000 Jones Best of the West Award. Deadline: September 21. Conference: November 14. Clifton, TX. Fees: $15/entry. Guidelines: www.bosqueartscenter.org; phone: (254) 675-3724. 2025 Winners: Kathryn Jones (JBotW, Short Story), Theo Boyd (Narrative Essay), Lynne Schmidt (Poetry). 

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. 

CHAPBOOK CONTEST with Nine Syllables Press. Open to all who identify as female. Winner receives a $500 prize and publication. This year’s judge is Nicole Sealey. Open for submissions June 1–August 31. For more guidelines and information, visit www.ninesyllablespress.com. 

CIDER PRESS REVIEW Editors’ Prize for a book-length poetry collection in English. Prize: $1,000 and publication. All entrants will receive the winning book. Reading period: April 1–June 30. Reading fee: $27. Judges: CPR editors. Submit 48– to 80–page manuscript: www.ciderpressreview.com/submit. Guidelines: www.ciderpressreview.com/bookaward. 

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. 

ENTER –1000 BELOW, Midway Journal’s annual flash prose and poetry contest. The contest runs from March 1—June 1. $500 grand prize. $250 second prize. $50 third prize. $10 entry fee. Unlimited entries. For more details go to https://midwayjournal.com/contest/. 

THE ENTRY PERIOD for the 2026 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest is January 15–June 1. U.S. and international sonneteers compete for prizes totaling $3,200. Categories: Top Four, Regional (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa), Youth, and Laureates’ Choice. Up to 3 sonnets: $5 fee. Free for youth and undergraduate. Website: sonnetcontest.org; e-mail: entries@sonnetcontest.org. 

EX OPHIDIA PRESS Poetry Prize in memory of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds for book-length manuscripts (48–100 pages). Top prize: $2,000, publication/distribution, 10 author copies. Reading fee: $25. Enter May 1–September 15. Entrants must reside in North America. Judge: Leslie Adrienne Miller. See our contest guidelines at www.exophidiapress.org. Submit through Submittable.

FISCHER CANTOR CONTESTS... Fischer: 30th year. Open to all topics, all styles, all poets writing in English anywhere in the world. 2025 winner: California’s Claire Blotter. 2026 Judge: Virginia’s Lesley Wheeler. Cantor: ninth year. Open to Colorado poets on any topic, or any poet writing in English submitting poems about Colorado. 2025 winner: Colorado’s Alicia Rebecca Myers. 2026 judge: New Mexico’s Scott Andrew Nicolay. Both: Prizes = $1,000 winner, five $250 finalist prizes. $14 fee per poem, 3 for $35. Start: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Feedback: $10 per poem. Read guidelines carefully. For more information: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. 

FORMER MICHIGAN POET LAUREATE Nandi Comer judges The MacGuffin’s Poet Hunt 31! First prize will receive $500 and publication. Send up to 5 poems per $15 entry fee via Submittable or post. Entries accepted from April 1 to June 15. Fee includes 1 free issue. Full guidelines: https://schoolcraft.edu/macguffin. 

FULL-LENGTH CONTEST for Older Debut Poets with Nine Syllables Press. Open to poets 40+ who identify as female and have not previously published a full-length collection. Winner receives publication, a 2-week artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center, and $1,000. Open for submissions March 1–August 31. For more guidelines and information, visit www.ninesyllablespress.com. 

GOT A KILLER STORY? Enter Killer Shorts Horror Short Story Contest. Prizes: Publication, Chris Hicks mentorship call, Scrivener, and a trophy crafted by Face Off FX legend Tyler Green. Up to 6,000 words, multiple entries allowed. Fee: $25. Deadline: December 31. Full details: www.killershorts.com. 

HEART POETRY AWARD $500, publication HEART #21. $10 covers 3 unpublished poems, reserves your digital copy of HEART #21. Include name, address, e-mail each page, removed for judge. Visit website sample poets, bio, judge and guidelines. E-mail submissions: nostalgiapress@gmail.com; pay online: www.nostalgiapress.com. Deadline: Midnight, June 30.

KINSMAN’S BLACK BOX Script Submissions are open year-round for one-act and full-length plays. We especially welcome BIPOC and traditionally underrepresented playwrights. Selected scripts are published globally in our online database, receive up to $500, and earn generous royalties on performance licenses. No entry fee. Learn more: https://www.kinsmanquarterly.org/kinsmanblockbox. 

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: August 31. Find out more at: https://memoirmag.com. 

MURIEL CRAFT BAILEY Poetry Contest April 1–July 15: $1,350 in prizes. Judge: Donald Revell. Anonymous judging. Guidelines updated annually. Complete rules: www.comstockreview.org/poetry-contest. Submit via comstockreview.submittable.com/submit ($25 + fee for up to 5 poems) or mail with check for $5 per poem: to The Comstock Review, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215.

NORTH STREET BOOK PRIZE. 12th year. Submit self-published and hybrid-published books. Grand prize of $10,000. Top winner in each category will win $1,000. Categories: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction & Memoir, Inspirational/Self-Help (new!), Poetry, Children’s Picture Book, Middle Grade, Graphic Novel & Memoir, and Art Book. $23,500 in total cash prizes. Fee: $95 per book. Submit online or by mail by July 1. Guidelines: winningwriters.com/north. 

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 60 from May 1–August 31. The prize: $1,000 and publication, promotion, and distribution in print and audiobook formats. Submission fee: $25. Elise Paschen will judge. For guidelines, visit www.grid-books.org/off-the-grid-press. 

ONE ROOM. One hour. One essay. $1,000 for winners each month. Explore the challenge and submit at jackwieland.com. Write up your experience in less than 1,000 words. See how others have done it and what they’ve found at oneroomonehour.substack.com. No deadline, but why wait? Share your room with the world.

ONEPAGEPOETRY.COM—Now accepting entries for our 2026 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. 

PATRICIA DOBLER POETRY AWARD: Open to women writers age 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, any style; $20 fee per 2-poem submission. 2026 award deadline TBA. Phone: (412) 578-6346; e-mail sewilliams412@carlow.edu; or www.carlow.edu/dobler for complete rules.

RED WHEELBARROW POETRY PRIZE 2026: $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside, $500 for second, $250 for third. Final judge is CA Poet Laureate Lee Herrick. Submit up to 3 original unpublished poems. $15 entry fee. Deadline: July 31. For complete guidelines, visit http://redwheelbarrow.submittable.com. 

RIVER HERON REVIEW loves to read your poetry submissions. Two open calls, March 1 through May 31: Issue 9.2, our biannual publication and our Poetry Prize with $500 award, publication, Zoom reading, and social media coverage. We also offer a variety of creative writing workshops with small groups, experienced facilitators. Info at www.riverheronreview.com. 

RIVER TEETH conducts a national contest for a manuscript of literary nonfiction in English. The contest winner receives $1,000 and publication by the University of New Mexico Press. Sue William Silverman will serve as final judge. Submit for a fee of $27 via Submittable between September 1–October 31. We encourage underrepresented writers (including but not limited to BIPOC, LBGTQ+, and disabled writers) to submit. Read complete guidelines at https://riverteethjournal.com/book-prize/. 

SOLSTICE: A Magazine of Diverse Voices (The Best American Essays, Best of the Net) announces Annual Lit Contest, opening April 1 through June 1. $1,000 Fiction Prize (Jessica Treadway); $500 Stephen Dunn Poetry (Porsha Olayiwola); $500 Michael Steinberg Nonfiction (Sven Birkerts); $500 Graphic Lit (John Vasquez Mejias). Details: solsticelitmag.org. 

SOUTHWEST WRITERS 2026 Annual Writing Contest is open for submissions in May-June. Send your best work in fiction, nonfiction, children’s writing, and additional categories. Short and book-length categories. Winners will be published in the annual prize-winning anthology and will receive cash prizes. For more information and to submit: southwestwriters.com. 

SWAN SCYTHE PRESS announces its 2026 poetry chapbook contest. Entry fee: $18. We are accepting submissions from March 1 to June 15 (postmark deadline). Winner receives $200 and 25 perfect-bound chapbooks. The 2025 winner is Catherine Allen for We Return as Rain. For full guidelines, visit www.swanscythepress.com and swanscythepress.submittable.com/submit. 

TOM HOWARD/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest. 34th year. Prize for best short story: $3,500. Prize for best essay: $3,500. Total prizes: $12,000. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Fee: $25. Limit: 6,000 words. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Tamra Badgett. Submit by May 1. Enter at winningwriters.com/tomstory. 

WRITING CONTESTS for emerging fiction writers, playwrights, and poets. Grand prize up to $1,500. Contest deadline is October 15. The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival will welcome readers, writers, and theater lovers to the New Orleans French Quarter, March 17 - 21, 2027. Visit www.tennesseewilliams.net. 

WRITING CONTESTS for LGBTQ+ fiction writers & poets with prizes of $500 and publication. Contest deadline is October 15. Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival will be in the New Orleans French Quarter, March 19 - 21, 2027, with workshops, panels, and readings for the LGBTQ+ literary community. Visit www.sasfest.org. 

2026 TWO SYLVIAS PRESS Online Poetry Retreat with prompts, inspiration, and a final poem critique by an award-winning poet. You just need access to e-mail and a desire to write new poems! Learn more: https://twosylviaspress.com/online-poetry-retreat.html. 

CHERISHED DREAM WRITERS RETREAT. Make your writing dreams the center of your day. Returning for the 10th year at the exquisite Guest House Retreat Center in Chester, CT, Anne Marie Santoro will lead a group of 10 individuals. Two group seminars plus individual mentoring time daily. Two opportunities to participate in 2026. August 24–27 and October 11–14. For detailed information: www.fromtheheartcommunications.com/retreats or text Anne Marie at (917) 715-3515.

COASTAL MAINE RENTAL in shipbuilding town. Historic 1700s cape for rent for 1-year near the Rockland/Camden area. Beautiful area is called “the gem of Maine.” Perfect writer’s house—3 bedrooms, modernized interior. Walking distance to quaint downtown, near woodland trails, art galleries, and beaches. E-mail gemofmaine@gmail.com for information.

CREATIVE WRITING ADVENTURES. Unbridle your muse at Page Lambert’s 19th annual “Literature & Landscape of the Horse Retreat” (Wyoming/May/6 days); her iconic, 29th annual “River Writing Journey for Women” (Utah/September/5 days); or her fifth annual “Vibrant Landscape of Writing Retreat” (Massachusetts/October/5 days). Indulge your senses and let your imagination flow. All levels. All genres. Website: www.pagelambert.com. 

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. Check: www.porcheswritingretreat.com or e-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com for details.

2026 RESIDENCIES filling quickly! Apply/Reserve your stay at Dorland Mountain Arts today! Nestled in protected land overlooking Temecula Valley’s wine country in Southern California. Five cozy cottages each with dedicated workspaces for artists/writers/musicians; Spacious porches, nature trails, ponds, quiet natural surroundings inspiring creativity. E-mail: info@dorlandmountainarts.org; website: www.dorlandmountainarts.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

45 YEARS OF PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE. Founder/former director of Paris Press provides astute manuscript consultations and coaching for writers and poets. “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). “Jan’s ear and her perceptive 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). Website: www.janfreeman.net/editing-services. E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com. 

A+ BOOK COACHING/developmental editing from The Story Catalyst, powered by novelist/memoirist Carolyn Flynn. Tap into Inspiration to Outline, chapter-by-chapter manuscript drafting and Revision Catalyst coaching for great beginnings, streak-of-lightning middles, and stellar endings. Path to Publishing consultations. Website: carolynflynn.com/work-with-me/. Schedule a free call at: calendly.com/carolyn-777/30min-free-find-out-more. 

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 22 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 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. 

AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENTAL/COPY EDITING, book coaching, publishing, and marketing consultation: Manuscript maneuvers that will make your prose pop, offered by an award-winning fiction/nonfiction author/editor with both traditional and self-publishing experience. See www.suggesteddevelopment.com for information, rates, and testimonials. E-mail: dawnbarclayauthor@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: 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. 

HAVE A FINISHED MANUSCRIPT and looking for an editor? HerStry literary offers one-off edits as well as one-on- one consulting sessions. Check out everything we offer here: https://herstryblg.com/editorial-services. 

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. 

LETTING YOUR VOICE Shine Through. Experience: 12 years. Clientele: new and established writers. Titles: memoir, business, fiction. Services: concept—press. Specialty: organization, plot repair, voice consistency. Style: accurate, friendly. Pricing: flat rate. Includes multiple edits, correspondences, and meetings. You determine the pace and communication style, because your voice is our priority. Website: www.gilmansays.eu/services. 

LINE EDITING: Award-winning author (13 books) and MFA mentor Sandra Scofield (The Scene Book) offers prompt, affordable line editing of novels and memoirs. Assure flow, clarity, resonance. Free trial. Contact: sandrascofield@gmail.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.

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. 

THE 17TH MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat in the Berkshires, October 8–13, 2026. Enjoy the restorative autumn beauty of New England, writing dozens of drafts in museum galleries of MASS MoCA and the Clark Art Institute. 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. 

GET AWAY TO WRITE—Vermont, August 9–14. Writing retreat in Grafton, VT. Spend an inspiring week working on your poetry or prose. 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. 

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. 

OAXACA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP & MASTERCLASS, November 14–21. Insightful craft discussion, small-group mentoring, and intensive generative writing both indoors and out in the field. We’ll spend part of each day exploring the streets, plazas, villages, and ancient ruins of the Valley of Oaxaca. Places are limited and applications are considered on a first-come, first-served basis. Learn more at https://timweed.net/writers-workshop-and-masterclass-in-oaxaca-mexico-november-14-21-2026/. 

WRITING CO-LAB’S affordable online Summer Camp for new and emerging writers features panels with acclaimed authors like Alejandro Varela, Katie Yee, and Amy Shearn, workshopping and accountability groups, and other offerings to inspire, inform, and support your writing, for three weeks in July. Learn more at www.writingco-lab.com/.