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THE UNFILTERED REFLECTION PROJECT seeks short essays from teen writers. Through authentic reflection by teens, the anthology will help address stigmas sometimes associated with issues young people face. Use your voice and experiences to support your peers. No fee to enter. Guidelines and submissions info at www.unfilteredreflection.com. 

WISING UP PRESS: Wising Up Anthologies. Call for Submissions: “Wholeness.” Deadline: April 15. Fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, and poetry. Guidelines: www.universaltable.org/wisingup.html. Also considering book-length manuscripts of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and memoir through Wising Up Collective. Guidelines: www.universaltable.org/writerscollective.html.

WRITERS WHO ARE INTO *interesting* short stories: The second printing of COOLEST 2022 is almost sold out, but COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023 drops January 10 and is available for preorders: www.amzn.to/3VunhLD. Read for enjoyment, for inspiration, for each author’s “Story Behind the Story”; we reopen for submissions January 15! Website: www.coolestamericanstories.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 www.atmospherepress.com. 

RIDDLE BROOK PUBLISHING, a specialty publisher of narrative nonfiction based in New Hampshire, is now accepting proposals and manuscripts for review. Particular interest in personal stories told with a compelling voice. Send inquiries to query@riddlebrookpublishing.com, or complete the submission form on our website. No fees. Small advance offered for accepted manuscripts. More info at www.riddlebrookpublishing.com. 

TIGER BARK PRESS March BIPOC Manuscript Reading Period. As part of Tiger Bark Press’s ongoing commitment to printing quality poetry by a diversity of voices, the press will hold an open reading period throughout the month of March 2023 for full-length book manuscripts by American poets who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color. There is no entry fee for submission. Selected poets will be offered a standard publishing contract, with books scheduled for publication in late 2023 or early 2024. Submit a manuscript of 55–90 pages of original poetry in English, during the month of March, at www.stonecanoe.submittable.com. For all questions, e-mail tigerbarkeditors@gmail.com.

TINDERBOX EDITIONS is currently considering poetry, hybrid, and hard to categorize manuscripts, which could include lyric essay collections. Our open reading period is in December and January. More information about the reading period and our books can be found at www.tinderboxeditions.org and on Submittable.

WEIRD BEARD PRESS publishes the unusual, the offbeat, and the avant-garde in more than 20 popular categories of fiction and nonfiction. Short pieces and poems are welcome. We charge no up-front costs, and editing is available for manuscripts that show promise. Visit our website at www.weirdbeardpress.com.

WOMEN 50+, send us your brilliant completed manuscripts. Traditional publishing with shared collaborative co-op marketing. Memoir, fiction, narrative nonfiction, self-help, business. For details: www.sibyllinepress.com.

CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS seeks submissions of poetry of 25–40 pages for the Jonathan Holden Poetry Chapbook Contest. Deadline: April 30. The winner receives $250 plus 10 copies of the published chapbook. For details, visit www.choeofpleirnpress.com/poetry-chapbook-contest.

GREEN LINDEN PRESS—named by Entropy Magazine as one of the best small presses—invites you to submit poetry chapbook manuscripts during the open-reading period, now through March 20. One or more manuscripts will be selected for publication in late 2023; authors will receive 25 copies and publicity. For details see www.greenlindenpress.com/submit.

2023 JANUARY–MARCH THEMES are: 1. “Time” and 2. “Wonder!” That’s 2 themes for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication applies. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: March 15. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org.

ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (quarterly online, selected annual print) now accepting submissions for our second year. 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 submission guidelines. 

AJI MAGAZINE is calling for poetry, short fiction, literary nonfiction, reviews, photography, and graphic art from emerging and established writers and artists. Submissions open on May 1 and November 1 and close once the upcoming issue is filled. Back issues are available at www.ajimagazine.com; e-mail queries can be sent to ajimagazine@gmail.com. 

ALLIUM, A JOURNAL of Poetry & Prose accepts simultaneous submissions, requests a maximum page length of 5 pages for poetry; 15 pages for craft essays, fiction, hybrid, and nonfiction. No previously published work. Our submission period closes March 15. Visit Submittable at: www.allium.submittable.com/submit.

APPLE IN THE DARK is a new online publication focusing on works of fiction and creative nonfiction no longer than 1,500 words apiece. Currently, we offer 2 issues a year: Spring and Fall. Submission deadlines: February 15 and August 15. Website: www.appleinthedark.com/submissions.

THE AWAKENINGS REVIEW publishes writers and poets who have a connection with mental illness. Our biannual publication is cathartic as it is informative. At The Awakenings Review, our aim is to provide both a forum and liberating experience for our contributors and a vehicle of insight for our readers. See submission guidelines at www.awakeningsproject.org.

THE BLUEBIRD WORD is a new online literary journal for poetry, flash nonfiction, and flash fiction. We are interested in showcasing work from emerging authors as well as contributions from writers across all cultural backgrounds and experience levels. For complete submission guidelines visit www.thebluebirdword.com/submit. 

THE BMP LITERARY QUARTERLY wants your best unpublished poetry, short stories, and art. Website: www.thehalcyone.submittable.com. Publication awards for winning entries. HerWords literary magazine for women and JanusWords for LGBT+. 

CALLIOPE is an upcoming publishing app dedicated to genre fiction—interactive, illustrated fiction. Anything to do with high fantasy, operatic sci-fi, heart-stopping action—that’s our jam. Combine that with visually stunning imagery that responds to your touch and you have our mission. We’re looking for short stories and flash fictions of any type of genre fiction from established and emerging authors. We do rolling submissions with rates of $0.05/word and follow standard publication guidelines. For further submission guidelines please visit www.calliopeinteractive.com.

CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS seeks submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art, and photography for our annual literary journals: Coneflower Café, Glacial Hills Review, and Rushing Thru the Dark. For our submission guidelines see: www.choeofpleirnpress.com.

COMSTOCK REVIEW’S open reading period (no fee): January 1 through March 31. Editors choose poetry on the basis of artistic merit, distinctive metaphor, and refreshing themes for our 37-year-old independent publication. Betsy Anderson, managing editor. See website for details for paper and online submissions of 40 lines or less. Address: Comstock Review, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. Website: www.comstockreview.org. Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/comstock-review-186488898068352.

CUTBANK is Montana’s oldest literary magazine, run by the students of the University of Montana Creative Writing MFA program. Each academic year we publish 2 print issues of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Submission fee: $5. Contributor copy and payment for writers featured in print. Guidelines are at www.cutbankonline.org/submit.

EVENING STREET REVIEW seeks previously unpublished work. Submit 3–6 poems or 1–2 prose pieces. Payment is 1 contributor’s copy. E-mail submissions are preferred as a single .docx or .rtf file. Mail to: editor@eveningstreetpress.com or Evening Street Press, 2881 Wright St., Sacramento, CA 95821. Website: www.eveningstreetpress.com.

FOR DASH ISSUE 16 we seek previously unpublished art, poems, stories, nonfiction, and hybrid pieces: Poems, 3–5, up to 30 lines each; fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid, up to 2,000 words. Our theme is “Futurisms,” conceived broadly. Whether named movements like Eco-, Afro-, or Indigenous futurisms, emergent forms like altermundos, silkpunk, or hopepunk, or approaches unnamed, we want writing that moves us. Submissions open October 20, 2022 and close March 1, 2023, with all submission decisions made by late April and publication in May 2023. Website: www.dash.submittable.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 or contact us at medlit@vcuhealth.org. 

MISTAKE HOUSE MAGAZINE publishes fiction and poetry by students in graduate or undergraduate programs worldwide. We seek inventive work that speaks to the heart in a complex global context, including work expressive of documentary poetics. Submission window: October 15, 2022 to March 15, 2023. Submission fee: $5. Guidelines at www.mistakehouse.org/submit. 

NOMINEE: RANKED SIXTH among Top 25 Literary Magazines & Publications in 2022 (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. Deadline: February 15. Submission guidelines: www.sdsuoakwood.com/submission-guidelines.

PENSIVE: A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF SPIRITUALITY & THE ARTS, innovative online publication from Northeastern University, welcomes unpublished poetry, prose, visual art, translations. Visit www.pensivejournal.com; submit via Submittable February 1–May 15 or August 1–November 15. No fee. Historically underrepresented and international voices encouraged. Recent contributors include Baca, Bruchac, M. Collins, Chess, Cording, Espada, Glancy, Hoffman, Lea, Marchant, D.S. Martin, MEH, Metres, Piercy, Samaras, Sholl, and more.

PRAIRIE SCHOONER publishes short stories, poems, nonfiction essays, and reviews of current books of literature. For poetry, send a selection of 5–7 poems. For fiction, essays, and reviews, send 1 piece at a time. We read submissions from September 1 to May 1 every year. For more information visit www.prairieschooner.unl.edu.

SAN PEDRO RIVER REVIEW, print publication of poetry and art. No reading fee. Submission window: January 1 to 31. More at www.bluehorsepress.com.

SHŌ POETRY JOURNAL is back from a long hiatus and reading for our third issue. ShŌ Number Two (2003) featured work by William Packard, Todd Moore, Gerald Locklin, Fred Voss, Joan Jobe Smith, and other small press legends. We are a nonprofit print journal. We want your best work. Website: www.shopoetryjournal.com.

SLAB WANTS IT ALL. We’re seeking your most interesting CNF, fiction, poetry, and text-based graphic art for our upcoming issue, issue #18. Submission info/back issues at www.slablitmag.org.

SPROUT ECO-POETRY JOURNAL is accepting submissions for Issue 3 on the theme “Shade.” We are particularly interested in shade in relation to climate change and environmental equity. Accepted works receive $150. Deadline is January 20. For the complete call: www.sproutpoetryjournal.com/submissions.

STEAM TICKET, the nationally circulated journal published by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of English, invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the 2023 issue, volume 26. Deadline: March 15. For guidelines: www.uwlax.edu/english/publications/steam-ticket.

SUBMISSIONS TO RIVER TEETH: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative (biannual print journal) and Beautiful Things (online micro-essays) are open January 1–May 1. Read complete guidelines/connect at www.riverteethjournal.com, Instagram @riverteeth_, and Twitter @riverteeth. We encourage underrepresented voices to submit, including but not limited to BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled writers.

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 January 15 to March 31. Guidelines, print or digital issues, and samples of accepted work at www.tahomaliteraryreview.com.

THIRD STREET REVIEW is a new 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 our website: www.thirdstreetwriters.org.

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, 2022 through June 30, 2023. For guidelines, see www.twohawksquarterly.com. 

WATERWHEEL REVIEW is reading for 2023. We publish 3 pieces of writing per month, without labeling by genre, and surround each piece with art (photo, painting, film, dance, music). We celebrate our authors via social media, our newsletter, interviews, and prize nominations. Visit us here: www.waterwheelreview.com.

THE WOVEN TALE PRESS MAGAZINE, both online and print, features the finest literature and art from around the world. Submit (free!) poetry, flash fiction, memoir, short stories, novel excerpts. Go to our “submit” page at www.thewoventalepress.net. 

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 kathleenglassburn@gmail.com. For more, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net. 

2023 SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE: February 16–19 at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco. Join us for our 19th annual LIVE event! Fiction, nonfiction, YA, poetry, and screenwriters, meet and network with 100+ agents, editors, publishers, poets, authors, and book marketing professionals. Find out more at www.sfwriters.org.

CHICAGO WRITERS ASSOCIATION’S Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference, March 25– 26 on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. 25+ presenters including Jacquelyn Mitchard, Jane Hamilton, Ann Garvin, Eric Charles May, and more. Speakers, panels, workshops, live-lit events, pitch sessions. Will award 6 scholarships, no fee to apply. Website: www.chicagowrites.org/conference.

GET AWAY TO WRITE—Florida. March 14–19. Escape the cold to write in Florida. Spend an inspiring week writing with Peter E. Murphy or Nancy Reddy. Enjoy plentiful writing time, insightful feedback, homemade meals, and time to relax. Scholarships available. Learn more and register today: www.stockton.edu/murphywriting.

LIT CAMP IS DEDICATED to supporting writers. Our spring conference (June 4–9) focuses on craft, while our fall conference (September 7–11) concentrates on the business of being a writer. Upcoming faculty for June include Susan Straight, Dan Torday, and Ingrid Rojas Contreras. We also offer online and in-person classes taught by instructors like Rebecca Makkai, Joshua Mohr, and Matthew Zapruder. Our conferences take place in beautiful Mendocino County; in-person classes are held at Page Street, our coworking space in San Francisco. Visit our website for more information: www.litcampwriters.org.

SAINTS & SINNERS LGBTQ+ LITERARY FESTIVAL celebrates its 20th year in New Orleans, March 24–26. SASFest hosts writing workshops, panel discussions, author readings, and social gatherings for LGBTQ+ readers, writers, editors, publishers, and other literary professionals. For more info visit www.sasfest.org. Twitter: @sasfest.

THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS & New Orleans Literary Festival’s 37th annual event for readers, writers, and theater lovers will host over 150 events including literary discussions, writing workshops, master classes, theater events, music events, author interviews, special events, and more! March 22–26. For more info visit www.tennesseewilliams.net. Twitter: @twfestnola.

$1,000 PRIZE + PUBLICATION for fiction or creative nonfiction by a Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x writer. Inlandia Institute’s Eliud Martínez Prize honors his memory (1935–2020) as artist, novelist, and professor emeritus of creative writing. Opens November 1. Website: www.inlandiainstitute.org/books/the-eliud-martinez-prize.

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by January 31—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, New York. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org.

THE 2023 NERVOUS GHOST PRESS BOOK PRIZES for Poetry & Prose are now open for submissions from writers at all levels. U.S. only. All genres except work in translation considered. $0 reading fee. Simultaneous submissions okay. $1,000 plus publication/author copies. More information/complete submission guidelines: www.nervousghostpress.org/prizes. 

2023 NEW AMERICAN POETRY PRIZE. $1,500 and book publication. Final judge: Jamaica Baldwin, author of Bone Language (forthcoming 2023). Extended deadline: February 15. Minimum length: 48 pages (no maximum). Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines: www.newamericanpress.com/2023-new-american-poetry-prize-final-judge-jamaica-baldwin.

THE 2023 ORISON PRIZES in Poetry & Fiction offer $1,500 and publication by Orison Books for a full-length manuscript in each genre. Judges: Pádraig Ó Tuama (poetry) & David Heska Wanbli Weiden (fiction). Entry fee: $25. Entry period: December 1, 2022–April 1, 2023. For guidelines visit www.orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2023 PRIME NUMBER MAGAZINE AWARDS for Poetry and Short Fiction. $1,000 first prize in each category plus publication in Prime Number Magazine. Reading fee: $15. Poetry judged by Felicia Mitchell. Short fiction judged by Dennis McFadden. Open January 1 to March 31. Submit online through Submittable. Details at www.press53.com/prime-number-magazine-awards.

THE 10TH ANNUAL PERMAFROST BOOK PRIZE offers publication of a book of poetry, $1,000, and distribution through University of Alaska Press. Final judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Deadline: March 15. Entry fee: $20. For complete guidelines, please visit: www.permafrostmag.uaf.edu/2023-permafrost-book-prize-in-poetry.

THE 45TH NIMROD LITERARY AWARDS: The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. First prizes of $2,000 and publication, and second prizes of $1,000 and publication. Finalists and selected semi-finalists will be published and paid $10/page. For poetry, submit 3–10 pages; for fiction, 1 short story, 7,500 words maximum. Each entry requires a $20 entry fee, which includes a 1-year subscription to Nimrod International Journal. Multiple entries accepted. Open internationally. Deadline: April 1. For complete guidelines: www.artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod.

AMERICA MEDIA FOLEY POETRY CONTEST. $1,000 prize. No entrance fee. Submissions accepted: January 1–March 31. One unpublished poem on any topic. 45 lines or fewer. Submit online: www.americamedia.submittable.com. Mailed submissions: America Foley Poetry Contest, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Fl., New York, NY, 10036.

APPLY NOW FOR THE 2023 COURAGE TO WRITE GRANTS. Applications close on February 12. The de Groot Foundation welcomes applications from writers actively engaged in a writing project for whom a monetary boost could help further or complete the project. Grants are $7,000 each. For information, guidelines, and to apply: www.degrootfoundation.org.

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is open! Now in its 13th year, the prize is for a book-length collection, $1,000, and book publication with Spring 2023 titles. Judge: TBA. Entry fee: $30. Submission deadline: June 30. For submission guidelines: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize or go to www.bauhanpublishing.submittable.com/submit.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Teachers & Writers Collaborative seeks submissions for the Bechtel Prize, a $1,000 cash prize to be awarded to a classroom teacher or teaching artist for an essay describing an innovative creative writing classroom project that engaged and inspired budding writers. Deadline: January 13. For submission guidelines go to: www.twc.org/bechtel-prize. 

CLOUDBANK AWARDS a $200 prize for 1 poem or flash fiction (500 words or less) in each issue. Deadline for Cloudbank 17 Contest submissions is February 28. Non-contest submissions accepted through April 15. Guidelines—and more—at www.cloudbankbooks.com. Revive us with your fire!

CREATIVE WRITERS WITH LITTLE KIDS! Applications open March 1 for the annual Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents. A talented fiction writer receives $2,000, a year of mentorship, publication, and an opportunity to present work at a Pen Parentis Literary Salon. Learn more and apply at www.penparentis.org.

DESPERATE LITERATURE PRIZE for Short Fiction opens January 2023. “I like this prize because it’s so international. The voices aren’t coming from a limited cultural perspective...and they’re conveying something with urgency,” —Ottessa Moshfegh, judge. Awards include cash prizes, residencies, an editorial assessment, meetings with an agent, and more. To enter: www.desperateliterature.com/prize.

ENTRIES BEING ACCEPTED for the 2023 Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival Poetry and Short Story Contest. $10 for 2 poems or 1 short story. $1,000 total awards. Award winners may read on stage or give permission for another author to read their winning works. Deadline: April 28. Entry form, fee, and 2 copies of works mailed to: 252 Twin Lakes Rd., Latrobe, PA 15650. Submit by e-mail at info@artsandheritage.com. Digital entry form available: www.artsandheritage.com/the-arts/literary-arts. Phone: (724) 834-7474.

THE ENTRY PERIOD FOR the 2023 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest is January 1–June 1. U.S. and international sonneteers compete for prizes totaling $3,500. Categories: Top 4, Regional (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa), Youth, and Laureates’ Choice. $5 fee for 3 sonnets. Free for youth and undergraduate. Website: www.sonnetcontest.org; e-mail: entries@sonnetcontest.org. 

FIRST PAGES PRIZE is celebrating 5 years of supporting emerging writers! We invite un-agented writers worldwide to enter the first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. Visit www.firstpagesprize.com for info on the 2023 prize and submission process.

FISCHER PRIZE: $1,000, five $250 finalist prizes. Open to all styles, all poets. Cantor Prize: $500, two $100 finalist prizes. Open to Colorado poets and any poet writing about Colorado. Winners and finalists eligible for monthly virtual reading series, Bardic Trails, $100 honorarium. Deadline: August 31 yearly. Info at: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds.

THE FLORIDA REVIEW EDITORS’ AWARDS in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry: Winners receive $1,000 each and publication. Deadline: March 31. All submissions considered for publication. Entry fee: $25, includes a subscription to TFR. For guidelines and online submission link, see our website: www.floridareview.cah.ucf.edu. 

FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CRAZYHORSE PRIZES, the swamp pink Prizes award $2,000 and publication to a story, essay, and poem. From January 1 to 31, submit a story or essay of up to 25 pages or a set of 1–3 poems using our online submission system. This year’s judges: Jamil Jan Kochai (fiction), Melissa Faliveno (nonfiction), and Matthew Olzmann (poetry). The entry fee is $20; all entries will be considered for publication. Website: www.swamppink.submittable.com/submit.

FRANCES “FRANK” ROLLIN FELLOWSHIP: Biographers International Organization (BIO) awards $5,000 each to 2 authors working on a biographical work about an African American figure or figures whose story contributes significantly to our understanding of the Black experience. Submissions due February 1. Guidelines and applications on the BIO website: www.biographersinternational.org/award/the-frances-frank-rollin-fellowship.

GRAYSON BOOKS CHAPBOOK CONTEST. $500 and 50 gorgeous copies will be awarded to the winner. Submit 16–32 pages of poetry, $20 reading fee. Deadline: January 31. Electronic submissions only. Simultaneous submissions accepted if we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Joan Kwon Glass to judge. For complete guidelines see: www.graysonbooks.com.

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 March 1. Guidelines and entry forms are available on the BIO website: www.biographersinternational.org/rowley-prize. 

THE HELIX LITERARY MAGAZINE is accepting submissions of poetry for their annual Leslie McGrath Poetry Prize. The winner will receive $1,000. For more information on the contest and to submit, please go to www.helixmagazine.org/leslie-mcgrath-poetry-prize. Contest closes March 17! 

I-70 REVIEW announces the Bill Hickok Humor Award for poetry. Winner receives $1,000 and poem will appear in I-70 Review 2023. Submit 1 to 3 poems with $15 entry fee to i70review@gmail.com. Reading period: January 1 to February 28. No submissions before January 1. Submissions will be eligible for publication in I-70 Review. Judge reader is Christopher Buckley. For more info, visit: www.i70review.fieldinfoserv.com.

THE KATHRYN A. MORTON PRIZE in Poetry and the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction are open for submissions through February 15. Each awards a prize of $2,000, publication of the manuscript, and a standard royalty contract. $29 entry fee for each. Visit www.sarabandebooks.org for full guidelines and information on our special guest judges. 

SELECTED SHORTS’ STELLA KUPFERBERG Memorial Short Story Contest judged by author Anthony Doerr. 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 10. For complete guidelines, visit www.selectedshorts.org. 

SLAB’S 2023 BOGGS FICTION PRIZE seeks flash, medium, and traditional-length stories for its upcoming issue. First place: $650 and publication; Second: $400 and publication. All submissions considered for publication. Judge: Kerry Neville, the author of the short story collections Necessary Lies and Remember to Forget Me. Her fiction and essays have appeared in publications such as The Gettysburg Review, Triquarterly, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and elsewhere. She is the coordinator of the undergraduate and MFA program in creative writing at Georgia College and State University, where she is also an Assistant Professor. In 2018 she was a Fulbright Scholar at University of Limerick, Ireland. Reading period: Right now to February 14; $10 reading fee. Details at www.slablitmag.org.

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS—the Iron Horse Prize for a First Book of Collected Prose. Deadline: August 15. A prize of $1,000 and publication by Texas Tech University Press is given annually for a first book of collected prose. Manuscripts may be submitted between June 15 and August 15 with an entry fee of $15 (free day on July 15). Visit the website for complete guidelines. Cash prize: $1,000. Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction. Entry fee: $15. E-mail address: travis.snyder@ttu.edu. Website: www.ironhorsereview.com/ihlrbookprize.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS PRESS is accepting submissions for the Miller Williams Poetry Prize, selected by Patricia Smith. The winner receives $5,000 and publication. Up to 3 additional books also receive publication. Applications are accepted year-round. The deadline for the following year’s prize is September 30. Website: www.uapress.com. 

WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST. No fee. 22nd year. Top prize: $2,000. Total prizes: $3,500. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Submit 1 humor poem by April 1. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Enter at: www.winningwriters.com/werglepw2301.

WRITER’S FOUNDRY REVIEW seeks literary submissions in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Submissions will be considered for the $500 Foundry Prize in Short Fiction, judged by Andrew Martin, or the $500 Foundry Prize in Poetry, judged by Laura Kolbe. All contributors receive a $50 honorarium. Submit by January 3. Website: www.thewritersfoundryreview.org.

WRITER LOOKING FOR WRITERS to collaborate on a literary (non) fiction compilation of stories humanizing the homeless. This work is largely to be a humanitarian labor of love with all profits being shared equitably for amount of work performed. Any writer interested in being a part of this project is encouraged to be in touch at: humanizingthehomeless13@gmail.com.

INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING, EMOTIONALLY ENGAGING—all describe Marvin J. Lurie’s new poetry book, Telling Signs. According to reviewers, Lurie’s vibrant poems of nature and identity exhibit a talent for imbuing natural detail with authenticity, layered meanings, and austere beauty. In poem after poem, passionate indignation and rueful awareness are compacted into tightly written lines. Filled with rich and accessible language, it’s also brimming with mystery and the kinds of contrasts that speak to larger human truths. Learn more at www.finishinglinepress.com.

FOR RENT BY THE MONTH, 2-bedroom antique cottage in Paradise (Saba, Dutch Caribbean). Perfect for finishing your novel. Kitchen, DR, LR, & each bedroom en suite with its own bath & walk-in closet. For gentleperson, home is furnished with antiques. Rented by the month $300/night; more than 1 month $270/night. Phone: (917) 528-0353. Will send photos. Available April, May, June 2023. 

ORANBEGA RETREAT CENTER welcomes writers in all genres to our beautiful coastal Maine riverbank for a productive and restorative working holiday. You write: We feed your body and soul. Craft your own retreat with the help of an experienced retreat director; manuscript feedback available. Reasonable rates. Contact: www.oranbegacenter.com or jreece@oranbegacenter.com. 

PORCHES WRITING RETREAT, an historic farmhouse overlooking the James River in the Blue Ridge foothills. Spacious porches, comfortable, high-ceilinged rooms, high-speed Wi-Fi, well-equipped kitchen. Also, a private cottage. Provides peace and inspiration. Availability by days, week, month. Open all year; 3 hours from D.C. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com. 

SCOTLAND WRITING IMMERSION IN EDINBURGH—May 21–25. Facilitated by memoirist and novelist Carolyn Dawn Flynn and poet-writer Jona Kottler. Let a city that loves writers embrace you. Inspiring craft talks, mentored support, vibrant writer community. For writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Website: www.carolynflynn.com/scotland-writing-immersion-may-21-25-2023.

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. 

ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS’ (ACA) 2023 Artists-in-Residence Program is open for applications. ACA is now a fee-free residency; all residency fees, room, and board are waived for accepted artists; this does not include $25 application fee, travel, transportation, and artist materials. Dates: February 12–March 4 (Mentoring Artist-in-Residence/Writing: Susanna Sonnenberg, nonfiction/memoir); May 14–June 3 (Mentoring Artist-in-Residence/Writing: Rone Shavers, fiction); June 25–July 15 (Mentoring Artist-in-Residence/Writing: Larry Ossei-Mensah, writer/curator); October 8–28 (Mentoring Artist-in-Residence/Writing: Addae Moon, playwright/dramaturge/director/cultural worker). To apply: www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/residencies/mentoring-artist-residency-schedule.

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.

NAWAT FES OFFERS residencies in the eighth-century medina of Fes, Morocco to U.S. and international writers and creators across disciplines. Artists receive a weekly stipend. Next application deadline: February 15. The residency is hosted by American Language Center Fes/Arabic Language Institute in Fez, a member of the American Cultural Association. Website: www.alcfes.org/nawatfes.

PROSPECT STREET WRITERS HOUSE 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. The first floor is on grade and contains a bedroom that meets ADA accessibility requirements. All guests meet for a home-cooked evening meal: Breakfast and lunch are up to the individual. A writer’s greatest resource being other writers, the congenial atmosphere at Prospect Street can be conducive to making lifelong friendships as well as professional contacts. 1- and 2-week stays are available throughout the year. Consult www.prospectstreet.org for submission details, calendar, pricing, and fellowships. Any questions, reach out to Gary Clark at gclark@prospectstreet.org.

A QUIET STUDIO. A beautiful setting. Time for inspiration. The Saltonstall Foundation in Ithaca, NY, offers 1-week, 2-week, and 4-week residencies between June and October for New York State artists and writers. A 1-week residency is specifically for artist/writer parents with at least 1 dependent child at home. Free to attend, no cost to apply. We provide private 1-bedroom suites, private baths, chef-prepared dinners, a stocked kitchen, 200 acres of trails, and a need-based stipend. Application deadline is January 15 for all 2023 residencies. Visit: www.saltonstall.org. 

THE EMERGING WRITER SCHOLARSHIP is a need-based scholarship that covers $5,000 of the annual tuition for the Carnegie Center’s Author Academy in Lexington, KY. The scholarship is awarded to 1 applicant each year based on financial need. Learn more: www.carnegiecenterlex.org. The deadline to apply is March 15.

A+ 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 Event Boundaries and Anxious Music (Four Way Books). Former CW MFA faculty editor at SNU. Details: www.aprilossmann.com. E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com. 

A+ POLISHER OF PROSE. I’m a copyeditor and proofreader with bona fide expertise. For a manuscript review resulting in a rout (gentle yet mighty) of grammatical errors and stylistic infelicities, send a project description (50 words max) and 2 sample pages to trulyimpeccablegrammar@gmail.com. Confidentiality assured. Website: www.writingwise.net.

ABLE AND EXPERIENCED EDITOR for poetry and prose. Respectful. Thorough. Prize-winning author in multiple genres. As a team, we can raise your work—poems, flash, short stories, novel, memoir, query, or application letter—to the next level. Publication advice available. E-mail: dmgordon@comcast.net. Website: www.dmgordoneditorial.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, Richard Bausch, T. C. Boyle, Jennifer Egan, Min Jin Lee, Anthony Marra, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joyce Carol Oates, James Salter, Robert Stone, and many others. Contact: editor@tomjenks.com. Website: www.tomjenks.com.

ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE SERVICES: Visit my website for budget-sensitive options. Marcia Trahan, memoirist (Mercy, Barrelhouse Books) and editor with 18 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. 

ACCOMPLISHED CREATIVE WRITING and empowerment consultant—do you require support with an essay or story or career/education guidance? Pushcart-nominated writer, published in such prestigious magazines as Granta, and interdisciplinary law professor Geeta Tewari is scheduling new clients. Expertise: Editing fiction and nonfiction, developing (law and creative writing) projects, application support (MFA, pre-law, etc.), time management, empowerment. Contact: gk2422@columbia.edu.

ACCOMPLISHED EDITOR Wyn Cooper works with writers of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. I help you revise and perfect your manuscript, and offer publishing advice. Sixty-five books I edited have been published in the last nine years; ten have won awards. Free consultation. See website for details: www.wyncooper.com. E-mail: wyncooper@gmail.com. 

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. 

AGENT QUERY & SUBMISSIONS EDITS: Looking for a literary agent? Or are you submitting and not hearing back? As a traditionally published author and former literary agent, I’ve helped many writers land agents and book deals. I can help you too. Website: www.virginialloyd.com. 

ART OF THE NOVEL: I work with published and unpublished novelists in all phases of development, both privately and through UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, where I teach master-level courses in novel writing. An internationally acclaimed novelist, I seek to combine the best of an experienced editor and inspiring teacher, helping writers revise their manuscripts. For testimonials, visit www.robert-eversz.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. 

BOOK HELPLINE EDITING SERVICES. Friendly, personal, and affordable. We offer developmental editing, copy editing, proofreading, and coaching. We also offer support in subsequent steps toward publication. Ask for a no-obligation, free sample edit. Contact Judith (info@bookhelpline.com) or visit www.bookhelpline.com. 

CREATIVE WRITING COACHING—Ever wish you had help navigating the writing life? Practicing writer and coach Yasmine Ameli is scheduling new clients. Expertise: Writer’s block, developing projects, creative process, application support (MFA, fellowships, residencies), sustainable writing practices, artist funding, and community building. Set up a free consultation at www.yasmineameli.com.

DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING, with 50+ books sold to traditional publishers. Malone Editorial helps turn manuscripts into traditionally published books, and writers into successful, award-winning authors. In-depth and personal. Website: www.maloneeditorial.com. E-mail: maloneeditorial@hotmail.com.

DON’T HAVE TIME FOR SUBMISSIONS? Need more time to write? In our 29th year! Leads, query letters, research, proofreading, targeting submissions, lots more. Accepting poetry, short stories, novels/memoirs. We love writers! You write, we submit! Join 60,000+ writers who subscribe to our free newsletter. Writer’s Relief, Inc. Call: (866) 405-3003. Website: www.writersrelief.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.

NOEL ANENBERG, MPW is a published novelist, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times, and a professor of creative writing at Pierce College Los Angeles. He offers personalized guidance in all areas of the writing process including story selection, outline and synopsis, selection of the authentic narrator, character-rich development, clothes-lining, dialogue, action, reflection, and mise en scène, along with aspects of editing, book layout, design, and publishing. The Inside-Out Writing technique assists writers in crafting stories that emanate from deep within each of their characters’ souls. Clients are encouraged to find their deep voice and write stories only they know how to write. References available. All levels of writers are welcome. Complimentary 30-minute consultation. Don’t hesitate to contact me with questions. Noel Anenberg, MPW: Website: www.noelanenberg.com; e-mail: noel.anenberg@gmail.com; phone: (818) 259-2037.

PARIS PRESS FOUNDER and former director Jan Freeman provides coaching, manuscript consultations and development, editing services to writers and poets. Let’s map out a project or tackle a fresh revision to prepare for final submissions. Works in progress, finished manuscripts, chapbooks, new and selected collections. Forty years of experience. E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com; website: www.janfreeman.net/editing-services.

PATTY SHANNON (formerly Wordstation). When you don’t need an editor, just good typing and professional proofreading—grammar, spelling, punctuation, consistency corrections included. Friendly service since 1989. MS Word, typewriter, handwritten, audio accepted. Medical terminology specialty. Free brochure. Will type sample pages of your manuscript free. Phone: (732) 477-4800. E-mail: wordstation@comcast.net. 

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

WANT TO GET PAID TO WRITE? #1 bestselling ghostwriter Alex Cody Foster teaches you how to become a ghostwriter in his new course, Ghostwriting University. Sign up for a free webinar at www.alexfosterghostwriter.com to start your journey to becoming a writer-for-hire. 

WRITEBYNIGHT: Write better, right now. Book coaching, beta reading, workshops, writer’s block counseling, agent research, publication packages, & more. All writers, all genres. Achieve your literary goals. For a free consultation, mention this ad in an e-mail to david@writebynight.net.

AUTHOR AND CERTIFIED DREAMWORK professional Tzivia Gover offers a unique approach to writing through the Dreaming on the Page method. Because everybody dreams and everybody has a story to tell. Learn more about self-guided online workshops ($35 and up), coaching, and the Dreaming on the Page book at www.dreamingonthepage.com. Inquire: hello@tziviagover.com.

BIOGRAPHY LAB: An Online Forum on Craft. January 21. Presented by Biographers International Organization (BIO). Keynote by Hermione Lee. Forum leaders: Caroline Fraser, T.J. Stiles, and Eric K. Washington. Free to BIO members and students. Non-members pay $60 and receive a year’s membership. Register at

www.biographersinternational.org/biography-lab-2023.

CANADA’S HUMBER SCHOOL FOR WRITERS and Humber Publishing Program. Looking for personalized feedback on your manuscript? Our fully online 28-week graduate writing program is customized to the needs of your book-length project. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and genre. Work from the comfort of home under the guidance of mentors, including Omar El Akkad, Noor Naga, Sam Wiebe. Website: www.humberschoolforwriters.ca. Ready to learn about the business of books? Our intensive, fully online publishing certificate program combines creativity and entrepreneurship with the only opportunities in Canada to specialize in literary agenting/rights management and publishing technology. Website: www.humberpublishing.ca.

CREATIVE WRITING ADVENTURES with Page Lambert. Peru, Weaving Words & Women. If Machu Picchu is on your bucket list, this April 2023 retreat is the one for you! Literature & Landscape of the Horse Retreat; River Writing Journeys for Women; and Autumn Writing in the Berkshires. Lambert has been leading writing adventures for 25 years. She teaches in the Professional Creative Writing MA Program at the University of Denver. Website: www.pagelambert.com.

FIND CREATIVE INSPIRATION at Birth Your Truest Story, a free online writers’ community offering a 9-week series of live and asynchronous craft classes beginning January 15. Unlock your creativity and make your writing shine! Encouraging, productive Writers’ Circles to share your work. Led by 2 veteran writers who are also teachers, author coaches, editors, and publishers. Join at www.birth-your-truest-story.mn.co.

FOR OVER 50 SUMMERS, the Community of Writers has held weeklong summer writing workshops in the High Sierra. Poets and writers come to improve their craft with small workshops and individual conferences, craft lectures, panels, readings, and more. Poetry: June 19–25; Writers workshops in fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction: July 10–17. Scholarships and financial aid available. Application deadlines: March 1. Website: www.communityofwriters.org.

A GENERATIVE BOOTCAMP FOR POETS. The MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat: May 31–June 6, in the Berkshires. Immersive exercises and writing in galleries at MoCA and the Clark explore ways to open your imagination, access memories and emotions, and find new forms of poetic expression. Emerging and experienced poets welcome. Websites: www.assetsforartists.org/jan-freeman; 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 (online during Covid-19 crisis), 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. 

KROUNA WRITING WORKSHOP, Summer 2023: Workshop, learn, and write surrounded by the mountain beauty of the village of Papingo in northern Greece. Novel Workshop July 23–29. Each day includes time to write, small-group workshopping, and guided opportunities to explore the surroundings. Workshop led by Henriette Lazaridis and limited to 5 students. Tuition includes accommodations and most meals. For more info, visit www.krounawritingworkshop.com.

LARKSONG WRITERS PLACE is dedicated to building a supportive community for writers of all levels of experience. We offer multi-genre workshops led by accomplished writers and publishers, a variety of literary events, including First Friday reading series, April Poetry Month and NaNoWriMo events, plus a super fun Speed Reading and Writing Holiday Party each year. Join us! Based in Nebraska. Online everywhere. Website: www.larksongwritersplace.org.

MARGE PIERCY offers her 13th annual juried intensive poetry workshop June 12–16 in Wellfleet, MA, Cape Cod. A serious hands-on craft workshop in a beautiful place. Morning workshops. Afternoon conferences. A public reading. Raises talented poets to a higher level with enormously increased chances for publication. Complete information, submission guidelines, comments from previous participants: www.margepiercy.com.

ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOPS: Looking for feedback on your work? A great community of writers? HerStry offers 6-week online writing workshops for writers looking to workshop novels, essays, and short stories. Personalized feedback and line edits included. For more info and to sign up visit www.herstryblg.com/critique-clubs.

VIRTUAL NARRATIVE MEDICINE TRAINING in 2023. The Narrative-based Medicine Lab at the University of Toronto provides certificate programs and online classes, seminars and workshops for clinicians, educators, writers and humanities scholars. For more information on the link between storytelling and healing  go to: www.narrativebasedmedicine.ca.

WRITING RANCH announces 12th annual “Writing Down the Baja” February 19–26 in Todos Santos, Mexico. Group & one-on-one sessions for writers led by Writing Ranch founder Ellen Waterston, award-winning author and poet, plus guest presenters and pop-up workshops. $2,375 USD includes workshops, lodging, and meals at beachfront boutique hotel Serendipity. Day students $670 USD. Website: www.writingranch.com.

YMCA’S DOWNTOWN WRITERS CENTER 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.