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LOVE IN THE LATER YEARS: Eclectic Books is compiling an anthology of senior-oriented erotic poetry of the highest literary quality. Venerable or not-so-venerable lovers, send up to 3 poems to eclecticbooksla@gmail.com. Payment: 1 copy. No reading fee.

MILITANT HUMANIST is a space for poets, writers, and artists in the struggle for universal human rights and happiness in the face of fascist, oligarchical, corporate, and militarized oppression in the U.S. and abroad. Been harassed? Been arrested? Been fired? Been silenced? Unpublished? Create for us! Visit: www.militanthumanist.org. Query: info@militanthumanist.org. 

RATTLE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS by children for our annual Young Poets Anthology—poets must be age 15 or younger. Deadline: November 15. Children, parents, or teachers (with parents’ permission and contact information) may send up to 4 poems using our online submission manager. Website: www.rattle.com/children.

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 www.atmospherepress.com. 

BLUE LIGHT PRESS Book Award - Imagistic, inventive, honest poems that push the edge. Send 40-75 page manuscript, SASE, $20.00 reading fee to Blue Light Press, PO Box 150300, San Rafael, CA 94915 by 1/31/2025. For guidelines, bluelightpress@aol.com. Website: www.bluelightpress.com.

LEGACY BOOK PRESS LLC is a traditional publisher of personal stories accepting book-length manuscripts in nonfiction (like memoir), autobiographical fiction, and/or poetry formats. Based in Iowa, U.S.A., LBP traditionally publishes books by authors throughout the entire country and Canada. Visit www.legacybookpressllc.com for details. Tip: Follow submission guidelines exactly.

NEW MICROPUBLISHER TERTULIA PRESS issues material books that challenge the status of genre. We hope to offer a space for writers to share a manuscript that feels fragmentary, not fully resolved. Authors retain all rights. We hope to follow in the tradition of New Directions, Dalkey, Burning Deck. We seek submissions. No fees. 100-120 pp. Tertulia Press, P.O. Box 986, Miami, FL 33133.

QUILLS AND COSMOS PRESS seeks science fiction and fantasy manuscripts exclusively from women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or other minority authors—with no reading fee. We are an independent publisher dedicated to widening the literary canon. Join our mission to amplify diverse and underrepresented narratives in speculative fiction. Learn more at www.quillsandcosmos.com. 

ANNOUNCING THE SARABANDE CHAPBOOK PRIZE, open September 1–30 for submissions of poetry and hybrid manuscripts. Two winners selected by the editors will be awarded publication, $1,000, and a standard royalty contract. $25 entry fee. Visit www.sarabandebooks.org for full guidelines and information.

COMSTOCK REVIEW CHAPBOOK CONTEST: Top prize: $1,000 and 50 author’s copies. Judge: Abayomi Animashaun. Entries judged anonymously. Entry fee: $30 (includes copy of winning chapbook). Manuscripts 25–34 pages accepted August 1–October 31. Use Submittable (online fee extra) at comstockreview.submittable.com/submit or mail to Comstock Review Chapbook, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. **NEW GUIDELINES!** Complete rules at www.comstockreview.org  or https://comstockreview.submittable.com/submit. 

THE 2024 WINTER THEMES at Sequestrum are 1. “Reprints” and 2. “Science Fiction & Fantasy!” Accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication applies. Submit via our online submission system. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Deadline: December 15. 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 is seeking submissions from writers and poets who have experience with mental illness, either in themselves, family members, or friends. Published twice a year. Strongly prefer submissions about recovery, growth, and taking positive steps in life. First read submission guidelines at www.awakeningsproject.org. 

BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW seeks poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for “Genus and Species,” a special issue exploring how animals figure into our lives, how health and healing both transcend and interconnect species, and what this can teach us about being human. Submit: September 1–December 31; fee: $5. Website: www.blreview.org. 

BELLINGHAM REVIEW is open for general submissions in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid writing from September 15–December 1. Bellingham Review is dedicated to exciting, innovative work and offers continual support to our authors. See complete submission guidelines at: www.bhreview.org. 

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 to SPANK the CARP—10 years and swimming! We’re looking for thought-provoking poetry, fiction, and CNF that’s sophisticated yet not pretentious. For more information visit www.spankthecarp.com.

CLOCKHOUSE, published by Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, seeks submissions from emerging and established writers for its 2025 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 www.clockhouse.net. 

DEEP WILD: Writing from the Backcountry, home for creative work inspired by journeys to places where there are no roads, wants wild words, all genres. September 1–December 1. Also seeking entries for our Undergraduate Student Prose Contest, NF/F, deadline: March 1. No fees! Read guidelines/order a copy at www.deepwildjournal.com. 

FOR PEDESTAL MAGAZINE 94.5, editors will be accepting submissions of poetry. No restrictions on theme, style, length, or genre. Please submit up to 5 poems and include all work in a single file. Open for submissions in early/mid-September. For specific details visit: www.thepedestalmagazine.com. 

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: bryantliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit. For past issues, see digitalcommons.bryant.edu/blr.  Work to be considered for Vol. 26, which will be published in Spring 2025, must be submitted between September 1 and December 1.

FRONT RANGE REVIEW is now accepting online submissions of literary short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for its 25th annual issue. Our reading period is August 15–December 1. To see guidelines and submit, visit www.frontrange.edu/frontrangereview. 

FULL BLEED, a print and online journal at the intersection for the visual and literary arts, seeks submissions for its eighth annual issue. See full-bleed.org for details.

GIRLS RIGHT THE WORLD is a journal inviting girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work for consideration for the tenth annual issue. We ask to be the first to publish your work in North America; after publication, the rights return to you. Send your best work, in English or English translation, to girlsrighttheworld@gmail.com by December 31. Please include a note mentioning your age, where you’re from, and a bit about your submission.

GLIMPSE SEEKS POEMS for issue #58. For guidelines, please send SASE to George J. Searles, editor, at P.O. Box 51, Clinton, NY 13323 or see website: www.glimpsepoetrymagazine.com. 

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

THE MEDICAL LITERARY MESSENGER seeks thought-provoking poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art related to medicine, illness, and the body. Online submissions are free and accepted on a rolling basis. Visit us at www.med-lit.vcu.edu for more information. 

MUSE ART/LITERARY JOURNAL  is open for submissions September 15 to December 15 for Spring 2025. Send 1 prose piece (1,500 words max) or up to 3 poems; include contact & bio: RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92506. We also accept submissions at muse@rcc.edu.Please e-mail attachment (prefer .doc) with “LastName–Genre–Title” in the subject line. Do not put submissions in the body of the e-mail. Full guidelines at www.rcc.edu/muse.

NOMINEE: ranked sixth among Top 25 Literary Magazines & Publications in 2022–2024 (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. 

OAKWOOD, South Dakota State University’s literary journal since 1975, seeks new work from writers living in or affiliated with the Northern Great Plains region. Recent contributors include Ted Kooser, Kent Meyers, Linda Hasselstrom, and Terese Svoboda. No submission fee. Submit from September 1–December 31; see www.sdsuoakwood.com/submission-guidelines. 

PENSIVE: A GLOBAL JOURNAL of Spirituality & the Arts, biannual online publication from Northeastern University, welcomes the most exciting unpublished poetry, prose, art, translations you submit. Please explore first at www.pensivejournal.com; submit via Submittable; 2 annual submission periods. Submit once per year. No fee. Historically underrepresented and international voices encouraged.

PERSIMMON TREE, the online magazine of the arts by women over 60, accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts from talented and creative older women all year. No reading fees; subscriptions are free. Issued quarterly; readership over 8,000 per issue. See our submissions guidelines: www.persimmontree.org/submissions. 

PINYON IS NOT READING unsolicited manuscripts this fall as we concentrate on our 30th anniversary issue. We’ll resume our regular schedule in 2025. Please check our website at www.thepinyon.wordpress.com for more information and look for the commemorative issue early next year!

PROTEST MAGAZINE was created by and for Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color. We share with the world a collection of art and literature from women like you. This is a shared anthology for cultural reverence, retelling history and folk tales, and studying frameworks for resistance. We’re now accepting pieces for our community-led blog and our next issue. We encourage women of the global majority to submit nuanced culture studies and pieces that explore the depths of societal events, past and present. We welcome written work that centers community and self-actualization, personal stories of resistance, and pieces heavy with historical context. Submission deadline: December 15. Visit www.protestmagazine.com/submit to submit.

RIVERSEDGE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS of poetry, prose (fiction, nonfiction, plays), and graphic lit in English, Spanish, and anything in between. Poetry and prose submissions eligible for annual contests. Previous contributors include Sandra Cisneros, Naomi Shihab Nye, Denise Duhamel, Esteban Rodriguez, among others. Submissions accepted October 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025. For guidelines visit www.riversedgejournal.com. 

SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW invites no-fee submissions of CNF, fiction, poetry, and visual art. This year’s suggested theme is “Bloodlines: Lineage, Inheritance, and Legacy.” Word limit per prose submission is 2,000 words per submission period; poets may submit up to 5 poems per submission period. Submit via Submittable by November 1. Learn more at www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-literary-review. 

TAHOMA LITERARY REVIEW pays writers! $55 for poetry & flash prose, $135 for longer pieces. Everything we accept comes from the open submission queue. We are reading poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions August 1 to October 15. Submission guidelines and our latest issue are at www.tahomaliteraryreview.com. 

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! 

TINT JOURNAL, the literary magazine for non-native English creative writing, publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language. See our homepage for our open calls and our guidelines, and submit via www.tintjournal.com/submit  (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. Submissions accepted October 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. For guidelines, see www.twohawksquarterly.com. 

UNDER THE SUN, a journal of creative nonfiction, is accepting submissions during our regular reading period, September 1 to January 2. Submissions are free if e-mailed to underthesun1996@gmail.com.  (We also accept submissions through Submittable for a nominal fee.) Ground mailed submissions may be sent to P.O. Box 332, Cookeville, TN 38503. Further guidelines here: www.underthesunonline.com/wordpress/2024/submissions. 

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, 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.

JOIN US at the 26th Annual Taos Storytelling Festival from Friday, October 11, through Saturday, October 12, in beautiful Taos, NM. Storytellers include headliner: Ray Christian, 12-time Moth contest winner, Regina Ress, and Cisco Guevara. Festival includes 4 events plus the main show. Call (575) 758-0081 FMI or www.somostaos.org/taos-storytelling-festival/#about or www.taosstorytellingfestival.org/schedule. 

WRITING ON THE DOOR Literary Festival, themed “Your Writing Life,” November 8–9, Egg Harbor, WI. Sponsored by Write On, Door County, this event is a 2-day conference offering multi-genre, multi-track programming for beginning writers as well as for advanced writers with panel discussions of interest to all writers at all levels. Keynote speaker is Amy Quan Barry. Door County, WI, is considered one of the most picturesque natural areas in the Midwest. For details, www.writeondoorcounty.org.

A $1,000 PRIZE AND PUBLICATION are given each year by Cloudbank Books for a collection of poetry, flash fiction, or combination of the two. Christopher Buckley will be the final judge. Submit a 60- to 90-page manuscript with $25 entry fee by October 31 via Submittable. Visit www.cloudbankbooks.com  for complete guidelines. E-mail cloudbank@cloudbankbooks.com with questions.

$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 cannot overestimate the value of winning the NMW award. I credit you with giving me a second career as a writer.”— J. L. Schneider, NY. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

THE 2024 PERMAFROST BOOK PRIZE offers publication of a book of fiction, $1,000, and distribution through University of Alaska Press. Final judge, Eowyn Ivey. Deadline: October 1. Entry fee: $25. For complete guidelines, please visit: www.uaf.edu/permafrostmag/annual-contests/index.php. 

2024 RIVER TEETH Literary Nonfiction Book Prize (August 1–October 31): $1,000 and publication with University of New Mexico Press. Beth Nguyen will judge. Submissions to River Teeth (narrative nonfiction) and Beautiful Things (micro-essays) are open September 1–December 1. Read complete guidelines for all submissions at www.riverteethjournal.com. 

2025 PRESS 53 AWARD for Short Fiction. $1,000, publication, and 53 copies awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories. If runner-up is also selected: $500 advance, publication, and 25 copies. Claire V. Foxx will judge. Prizes awarded upon publication. Deadline: December 31. Winner and finalists announced by May 3. Reading fee $30. Information at www.press53.com/award-for-short-fiction. 

18TH ANNUAL Smith College Poetry Prize for New England & New York High School Girls in 10th & 11th grades. Award: $500 & opportunity to present poem. Judge: Tiana Clark. 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. 

ALICE JAMES AWARD. $2,000, book publication. Description: AJB is accepting full-length poetry manuscripts postmarked or via Submittable until October 11. Entrants must reside in the US. Additional manuscripts may also be chosen for publication as the Editor’s Choice. Guidelines: www.alicejamesbooks.org/submit. 

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. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com/chapbooks.

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. 

BOOK CONTEST: IML Publications Paris/NYC, a literary press. $1,000 prize. We are looking for high quality, 50-page submissions of memoir, nonfiction, and fiction. Deadline: October 1. $35 fee. Welcome BIPOC and LGBTQ+ authors. Judge: Jacqueline Gay Walley. “Recommended by Reedsy!” Website: www.imlpublications.com/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. Reading fee: $27. Submit 48–80 page manuscript to 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: codhillpoetryaward.submittable.com/submit. $30 entry fee. For complete guidelines: www.codhill.com. 

DECEMBER MAGAZINE is excited to announce the 2025 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize. Prizes: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be published in the 2025 Spring/Summer Awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems per entry. $20 entry fee includes a copy of the awards issue. Submit September 1–November 1. For complete guidelines and judge information visit our website: www.decembermag.org/2025-marvin-bell-memorial-poetry-prize. 

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 $1,000 for the Poetry 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 encourage writers from diverse backgrounds and experience levels to explore the creative nonfiction form and submit their work. 5,000-word limit. For full contest details, visit www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf. 

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 information on manuscript. 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.

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, 2025. Guidelines and entry forms are available on the BIO website: www.biographersinternational.org/rowley-prize.

THE HOLDEN VAUGHN SPANGLER AWARD—Winner receives $200 and publication in Spring 2025 edition of RCC MUSE. $5 submission fee, by check payable to “RCC MUSE” or Venmo @RCCMUSE. Submit up to 3 poems about a child or childhood, September 15 to December 15: Spangler Award, RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92506. Also accepting submissions at muse@rcc.edu. Please e-mail attachment (prefer .doc) with “LastName–Spangler Award–Title” in the subject line. Do not put submissions in the body of the e-mail. Full guidelines at www.rcc.edu/muse. 

THE HOLIDAY PLAYWRIGHT CONTEST. Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc. seeks holiday scripts for its upcoming collection, Holiday Plays for Cultures Worldwide. Submissions should include 1-act shorts with themes of holidays, especially from BIPOC and underrepresented cultures. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Day, Chinese New Year, and Easter scripts must be original, unpublished works in English, ideal for families and low-budget organizations. Shorts should be between 10 and 20 pages with less than 6 main characters. Winners receive up to $500 USD and publication. No fees required. Submissions open from July 31–November 15. Website: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/contests.  

LITMAG’S EMILY DICKINSON AWARD for Poetry: 1st $1,500 + pub + 6 agency reviews. 9/30. $18; LitMag’s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction: 1st $2,500 + pub + 8 agency reviews. 12/31. $20; LitMag’s Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction: 1st $1,250 + pub + 7 agency reviews. 11/30. $16. Guidelines: www.litmag.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 via Submittable. See the website for complete guidelines: www.longleafpress.org. 

NATIVE VOICES 2025. Indigenous storytellers (Native American, First Nation Australian, Maori, Indian, etc.) wanted to submit original, unpublished works in English. Winners receive cash prizes up to $500 USD and publication in the anthology Native Voices, The Next Terrain. Submissions from August 1–November 30. No fees required. Website: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/contests. 

ONEPAGEPOETRY.COM—Now accepting entries for our 2024 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 1st place, $1,000 for 2nd, $500 for 3rd, and inclusion in 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; up to 2 poems, any style, per submission ($20 fee). 2024 award deadline: October 31. Phone: (412) 578-6346; e-mail: sewilliams412@carlow.edu; or www.carlow.edu/dobler for complete rules.

PRINCEMERE POETRY PRIZE. $300 for winning poem, $200 divided among runners-up. $5 fee for 4 unpublished poems. Deadline: September 20. Submit online at Submittable (princemerepoetryprize.submittable.com). Paper submissions accepted from incarcerated poets; Princemere Poetry Prize, 255 Grapevine Rd., Wenham, MA 01984. Previous winners at www.princemere.com. 

RIVER HERON REVIEW, a free access digital journal, seeks your poetry submissions. Open September 1 to November 30, River Heron Editors’ Prize contest with $500 award, a reading, and publication. Also publishing Poems, For Now, an issue of poems that expresses your sociopolitical concerns. Open until September 15. Details and guidelines at: www.riverheronreview.com. 

SEEKING POEMS regarding wine (appreciation/imbibing/production), vineyards, Napa Valley, etc. Selected poems will appear on the Judd’s Hill website (www.juddshill.com), where previous years’ poems can be found and enjoyed. Contest winner will receive a very big bottle of Judd’s Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Final judge is award-winning writer Leza Lowitz, author of over 20 books of poetry and prose. No entry fee. Please submit a maximum of 3 poems and a brief cover letter with contact information by November 10 to bunnie@juddshill.com. 

SELECTED SHORTS’ Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Contest judged by author Ottessa Moshfegh. 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 7, 2025. For complete guidelines, visit www.selectedshorts.org. 

SLIPSTREAM Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition offers $1,000 prize plus 50 copies for winner. Deadline: December 1. Entrants receive copy of winner and a classic issue of Slipstream. Send up to 40 pages and $20 reading fee electronically or by U.S. mail. For further details and guidelines, visit: www.slipstreampress.org. 

TOM HOWARD/MARGARET REID Poetry Contest. 22nd 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: $10,000. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Fee: $22 per submission of 1–3 poems. Length limit: 250 lines per poem. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Submit by October 1. Enter at www.winningwriters.com/poetrypw2409. 

THE WILLOW SPRINGS MAGAZINE Surrealist Poetry Prize, $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs Magazine, is awarded for a surrealist poem. Melissa Kwasny 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. 

THE WINDS OF ASIA AWARD. Poetry and prose wanted from authors of the Asian diaspora (preferred). Entries must be original, unpublished works in English, highlighting Asian cultures. Winners receive up to $500 USD and publication within the Winds of Asia anthology. Submit from August 1–December 31. No fees. Website: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/contests.   

THE SUMMER 2024 online issue of Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose, featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, is now live on our website at www.allium.colum.edu. You can also purchase back issues of our annual print issue for $10 and 3-year subscriptions for $25. E-mail allium@colum.edu for details.

WORD DANCING Instant Poetry (Just add words!) volume 3 by Lawrence R. Berger. Winning poet of the Inaugural Books, ETC. Poetry Award 2022.  Winner: The 39th annual Pen a Poem award from Featured Media, 2024. Check it out! Website: www.amzn.to/3ulmeF5.

MASS MOCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat, October 31–November 6. Balance the tension of the election with a generative poetry workshop in the Berkshires, writing in the galleries of MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, and Williams College Museum of Art. Explore how art opens memories, emotions, and the imagination while experimenting with new forms of expression. Included: Private studio; housing in MASS MoCA apartments. Emerging and experienced poets welcome. Website: www.janfreeman.net/workshops-readings; e-mail: janfreemanpoetry@gmail.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 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. 

WOMEN READING ALOUD hosts USA and international writing retreats. Dedicated to the power of the writer’s voice, we emphasize the value of community, connection, and artistic growth. Add us to your writing life in 2025. See our photo gallery. Visit: www.womenreadingaloud.org for retreats, workshops, and special events.

WRITER’S HOUSE, Brittany, France. 150 years old. Beamed ceilings, original floors, quiet, safe, antique furnishings and all modern conveniences: shower, electricity, dishwasher, washer-dryer, DVD, Wi-Fi; ¾ acre with flowers and fruit trees; facing river/canal. Gorgeous. Contact Mark at mgdonna@aol.com;  phone: (510) 866-5496; (510) 290- 9497. 

DORLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS RESIDENCY is nestled in the hills overlooking beautiful Temecula Valley wine country of Southern CA. Five self-contained cottages each with workspace & porch—easily providing social distancing. Hiking trails/ponds/views—oak trees and quail. Peaceful, inspiring. Finish your project. Rolling applications/reserve now! E-mail: info@dorlandartscolony.org; website: www.dorlandartscolony.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

EACH SEPTEMBER, the Outpost Foundation awards 2 BIPOC writers from the U.S. and Latin America a $2,000 stipend, complimentary travel, lodging, and meals to spend a month cultivating a generative writing community in the mountains of Southern Vermont. Learn more and apply by December 15 at www.outposttheresidency.org. E-mail: director@outposttheresidency.org. 

JAMES MERRILL HOUSE invites writers of all genres to apply for Fall 2025–Summer 2026 residencies. Enjoy a stipend, living space, and access to James Merrill’s National Historic Landmark home in Stonington, CT. Six residencies available. Apply from October 1, 2024, to January 13, 2025. Visit www.jamesmerrillhouse.org/apply for details.

LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT VILLAGE of North Bennington, Prospect Street provides both tranquility and conviviality to writers of all genres at every stage of their writing life. The recently renovated Victorian has 12 bedrooms configured in 3 suites of 4 bedrooms, 8 with en suite bath. Residents meet for a home-cooked dinner meal but are responsible for breakfast and lunch. One- and 2-week stays are available throughout the year. Submit a writing sample, letter of intent, your choice of dates. The Writers House is easy to get to and hard to leave. Consult www.prospectstreet.org for submission details, calendar, and pricing. Six Yellow Door Fellowships will be available for 2025, more info at www.slideroom.com. Any questions, reach out to Gary Clark at gclark@prospectstreet.org. 

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 2024 fellowships: November 1. Early applications accepted. Sponsored by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, Danville, CA. Website: www.eugeneoneill.org/artist-in-residence-program. 

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, Barrelhouse Books) and editor with 20 years’ experience, offers critique, copy editing, and help with queries and 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. 

ACCOMPLISHED creative writing and legal consultant. Do you require writing or legal guidance? Pushcart-nominated writer, published in such prestigious magazines as Granta, and interdisciplinary law professor Gigi Tewari is scheduling new clients. Expertise: Editing fiction and nonfiction, contract review and drafting, school application support. Contact: gk2422@columbia.edu. 

AFFORDABLE, POWERFUL, and comprehensive editorial services can give your manuscript an edge. Helga Schier, PhD, publishing executive, professional editor, and published author offers in-depth evaluation, line editing, revisions. Want to write a good book? Let me help you unlock the potential of your manuscript. Contact me at helga@withpenandpaper.com; website: www.withpenandpaper.com;  phone: (310) 828-8421. 

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 includes 4 nights in an 1854 farmhouse on the James River, VA. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com/workshops-fellowships. 

AUDIOBOOKEDITORS provides bespoke audiobook production services for authors and narrators. At audiobookeditors we walk you through the process of recording at home or in a studio with 1-on-1 consulting, troubleshooting, and direction so that anyone can sound like a pro. Contact us at www.audiobookeditors.com and get your audiobook finished.

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. 

CAN YOU ENVISION writing a book as a journey of empowerment? As a writing coach, I use feminism, play, craft, and spirituality to help women write books mindfully and without overwhelm. Join my 12-month program, Sister, Write Your Truth, and write with a sisterhood, or work with me 1-on-1. E-mail: hello@leslieblanco.com.

EDITING SERVICES.I have worked with unpublished and award-winning authors alike in a variety of capacities on a wide range of projects, including complete poetry manuscripts and chapbooks, novels and fiction chapbooks, single poems, stories, and essays. I offer full critique, developmental/word choice/line editing/proofreading services. For inquiries: y.ralph@gmail.com. Website: https://ralphpennel.com. 

EXPAND YOUR AUDIENCE to the Hispanic world: MD, PhD, English-Spanish literary and medical translator will translate your literary, medical, and health-related prose to make it accessible to the Spanish-speaking world. E-mail: translator@normakaminsky.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. 

INKBLOSSOM: A Global Community of Writers offers virtual and in-person writing workshops, retreats, and conferences, plus individual mentoring opportunities. For 16 years, acclaimed writer and teacher Connie May Fowler has created small, nurturing spaces designed to help people become the very best writers they can be. Many InkBlossom writers publish widely, while others are just beginning their creative journeys. To join our vibrant writing community and to view our offerings, visit www.inkblossomwriters.com. 

JAN FREEMAN, Paris Press founder and former director, provides coaching, manuscript consultations, and editing services to poets and writers. Over 40 years of experience. “Jan’s ear and her perceptive questions and suggestions were right on the mark as I worked toward the completion of my memoir. I highly recommend her.”—Rose Styron, Beyond This Harbor (Knopf). E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com; website: www.janfreeman.net/editing-services. 

JOIN THE MOVEMENT to unite artists across all disciplines in the fight against exploitative corporations that use our work without our consent and without compensating and crediting us! Artists Resisting Exploitation (ARE) is standing up to generative AI corporations and working to future-proof the arts. Learn more at www.artistsresist.org. 

LET’S SELL your nonfiction book. Seasoned bestselling nonfiction author-editor will whip your manuscript into shape and assist with agent placement. E-mail: marcweingarten@gmail.com. 

LOOKING TO TAKE your work to the next level? I am a prize-winning writer of literary, mystery, and noir short stories, and I have been working as a writing coach, mentor, and workshop leader for more than 15 years. I believe in meeting you and your writing where you live, offering nurturing guidance and specific, craft-based feedback. Competitive rates, free initial consultation. More at www.tomandes.com or contact me at thomasandes@gmail.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. 

RECORD COMPANY seeking poems, poetry, lyrics to be set to music. Services offered if accepted. We’ve worked with poets on 6 continents. A+ rating BBB. 49 years in business. You own the melody we write for you. Free appraisal! Website: www.majesticrecords1.com; e-mail: majesticrecords1@yahoo.com; phone: (903) 756-7696; address: Majestic Records Corporation, P.O. Box 1140PW, Linden, TX 75563.

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, brainstorming to final draft, I’m here for what you need. MFA, PhD in CW. Initial consultations are free. Website: adamprinceauthor.com. 

TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS, find the right editor. A former acquisitions editor, I offer critiques and editing for fiction, poetry, memoirs, and select nonfiction. My feedback is precise, clear-eyed, and comprehensive. I’ve worked with winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the Whiting Award, and MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships. Competitive rates. Learn more at my website: www.mikelevineeditorial.com.  E-mail: mikelevineeditorial@gmail.com.

31ST ANNUAL WINTER Poetry & Prose Getaway, January 17–20, 2025, 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. Scholarships available. Register early and save: www.stockton.edu/wintergetaway. 

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. 

LOOKING FOR imaginative online inspiration? Seven-week themed courses with each stimulating weekly/bi-weekly module offering a lively, eclectic mix of poetry, prose, psychology, visual art, philosophy, myth, & legend, leading to a sequence of poems/prose (plus feedback). Or join an ongoing virtual international workshop/masterclass series. Check out recent, current & upcoming courses on www.coffeehousepoetry.org (2 new courses starting September). And sign up for our mailing list to be first to hear about latest courses & the Troubadour International Poetry Prize!

POETS! FICTION WRITERS! Join accomplished peers as part of Under the Volcano 2025, a 2-week residency in Tepoztlán, Mexico. Master classes and events in English and Spanish with world-class faculty. Partial financial aid available to qualified writers (talent + need.) Black, Indigenous, & POC writers especially encouraged to apply. Core fiction faculty: Jennifer Clement, Tommy Orange, Aysegül Savas. Core poetry: Keetje Kuipers & TBD. Dates: January 10–25. Details: www.underthevolcano.org. 

QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL: Italy Retreat/Workshop with Kim Addonizio (9 poetry collections, published in The Atlantic, New Yorker, Poetry) & Tracey Knapp (award-winning author of Mouth). May 6–16, 2025, at a serene former monastery in Umbria. Included: Generative & critique sessions, meals, lodging, day trips. Info: www.laromita.org; www.kimaddonizio.com. 

YMCA WRITERS Voice Online in Syracuse, NY offers a wide range of online creative writing workshops and literary readings. Workshops and craft courses are available in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and more—all taught by widely published writers who are serious both about craft and community. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced, publishing writer, we have programs that will keep you engaged and learning. For more information, visit www.ymcacny.org/dwc or e-mail dwcworkshops@ymcacny.org.