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ELEVATION PRESS of Colorado seeks submissions for Winter Anthology. Short stories and poetry set in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, or Utah. Entry deadline: September 1. Entry fee required. Winning submission receives $500. Top entries published in Winter Anthology and published writers receive copy. Visit website for rules: www.elevationpressbooks.wordpress.com.

FORTHCOMING FORMS ANTHOLOGY. Editors want your villanelles, sestinas, duplexes, ghazals, pantoums, erasures (blackout poems), centos, sonnets, rondels, golden shovels, odes, and prose poems. Impress them with your strictest use of the form, but also dazzle them with broken form. Deadline: July 15. Submission guidelines: www.smallharborpublishing.com/forms-anthology.

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.

WANT YOUR SHORT STORY published in an admired anthology whose inaugural volume went to a third printing & 2023 volume already has 54 5-stars on Amazon? If so, submit! Website: www.coolestamericanstories.com. And if you enjoy reading interesting stories, feel free to order a COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023. Website: www.amzn.to/3VunhLD.

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. 

FAW (FRIENDS OF AMERICAN WRITERS) seeks book submissions for its annual 100-year-old literary awards in 2 categories: Literature for adults and literature for children and young adults. Publishers and/or authors are invited to submit books published in 2023. Generous monetary prizes awarded. Guidelines: Authors must reside (or have resided) in the American Midwest. Books set in the region (even if the author is non-resident) also qualify. Fiction or creative nonfiction, please. No self-published or e-books, poetry, genre, or series books. Authors of more than 3 published books are ineligible. (If an author has multiple books published in 2023, all are eligible.) Books nominated for the award must be submitted to the FAW Awards Committees by December 10, but we appreciate entries ASAP. No application forms! Please send 2 copies of each book and author info as early as possible to: Karen Pulver, Literature Awards Chair, 748 Western Ave., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137. E-mail: kspulver@gmail.com. For info on previous awards, please visit: www.fawchicago.org/awards.php.

ROSE METAL PRESS 2023 open reading period. From June 1 to June 30, we’re seeking full-length hybrid genre manuscripts for consideration for publication in 2024 and beyond. We welcome submissions in all styles and on all subjects, and encourage an expansive interpretation of hybridity. $15 fee. For details visit www.rosemetalpress.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.

2023 BURNSIDE REVIEW CHAPBOOK CONTEST. Winner receives $200 and 10 copies. Chapbooks are elegantly designed with letter-pressed covers. Runs May 1–June 30. Submit 18–24 pages of poetry. $15 entry fee. All submissions must be made through our submission manager, www.burnsidereview.org.

MAP LITERARY IS THRILLED to announce Fiona Lu’s How to Become the God of Small Things as the winner of the 2023 Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award! This prize honors our late poet, professor, and colleague at William Paterson University by promoting provocative new literature with the production of a high-quality chapbook. Website: www.mapliterary.org.

SWAN SCYTHE PRESS announces its 2023 poetry chapbook contest. Entry fee: $18. We are accepting submissions from March 1 to June 15 (postmark deadline). Winner receives $200 and 25 perfect-bound chapbooks. The 2022 winner is Arthur Solway for Siddhartha on Fire. For full guidelines, visit www.swanscythepress.com and swanscythepress.submittable.com/submit.

WORDTECH COMMUNICATIONS LLC is holding a reading period for poetry chapbooks. Dates: May 1–June 30 (e-mail submission). Recent authors: Rhina Espaillat, Lee Herrick, Allison Joseph, Lester Graves Lennon, Alison Stone, Andrena Zawinski. Publication in 2024. Guidelines: www.wordtechcommunications.com/deadline-list.htm.

‘23 MAY AND JUNE SEQUESTRUM themes are 1) “Fantasy” and 2) “Memory!” Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Themes close June 15! Payment + publication. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: June 15. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org.

ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (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.

AJN, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING, seeks poems, “flash” fiction, and visual art related to health or healthcare for its Art of Nursing department. Authors need not be healthcare professionals. Original perspectives and clear, unsentimental writing are preferred. $150 honorarium paid upon publication. Query Art of Nursing coordinator before submitting (use “Art of Nursing” in subject line): diane.szulecki@wolterskluwer.com.

THE BLUEBIRD WORD, an online literary journal for poetry and flash, seeks new writing from all experience levels. We publish frequently throughout the month and are open for submissions year-round. Send us your crisp flash (nonfiction and fiction) and poignant poetry. Full guidelines at 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+. 

CALLING ALL BABY BOOMER WRITERS! BoomSpeak ezine is looking for fresh baby boomer voices. Essays, fiction, travel, arts—we publish writing that is about the possibilities and energizing things you can do with the rest of your life. 400-word limit, must be age 50 or over. Click “About Us” for details. Website: www.boomspeak.com.

CALLIOPE IS A PUBLISHING APP dedicated to genre fiction—interactive, illustrated fiction. We’re looking for short stories and flash fiction in any type of genre (fantasy, crime, romance, sci-fi, you name it)! We take rolling submissions with rates of $0.05/word. For submission guidelines, or if you’re interested in downloading our app, please visit www.calliopeinteractive.com.

CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS seeks submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art, and photography for our 3 annual literary journals: Coneflower Café, Glacial Hills Review, and Rushing Thru the Dark. See www.choeofpleirnpress.com for our submission guidelines.

CUTBANK IS MONTANA’S OLDEST literary magazine, celebrating 50 years in 2023. Run by the students of the University of Montana Creative Writing MFA program, we publish 2 annual print issues of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Submission fee: $5. Payment for writers featured in print. Guidelines are at www.cutbankonline.org/submit.

DARK ONUS LIT is an experimental literary magazine that puts out micro-issues of poetry, short stories, flash fiction, audio, and artwork. We are open year-round, read blindly, and do not charge reading fees. We’re intrigued by dark, experimental work. Website: www.darkonuslit.com/submit.

THE DERONDA REVIEW seeks poems reflecting on the existence and nature of the soul. Other themes also considered. Please read our submissions page, www.derondareview.org/submit.htm. Deadline: June 30. Send to derondareview@gmail.com, maber4kids@yahoo.com, or P.O. Box 6709, Efrat, Israel. 

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.

JOIN THE 156-YEAR LEGACY of Reed Magazine, Pushcart Prize winner ranked among “Best Writing Contests” for literary journals, annually awarding winners $1,000 or more. We welcome fiction and poetry and especially encourage submissions of visual art and nonfiction. Submissions open June 1–November 1. Visit: www.reedmag.org/submit.

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.

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. 

PEDESTAL MAGAZINE will accept submissions of poetry for Issue 92 in late May–early June. No restrictions on theme, style, length, or genre. Please visit the website for details and to view current/archived work: www.thepedestalmagazine.com.

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.

SPECIAL ISSUE: DELTA POETRY REVIEW requests previously unpublished poems by new and emerging poets with a connection to the American South who have not yet published more than 1 full-length book of poetry. Poems related to the South preferred, not required. Submit 3–6 poems at www.deltapoetryreview.com/submissions.html. Deadline: September 20.

STONE CANOE, the award-winning annual journal of art, writing, and ideas, is now reading submissions for its 2024 issue. The journal is open to work by poets, writers, and artists who are either current or former residents of Upstate New York. For complete submission guidelines, visit www.stonecanoe.submittable.com/submit or e-mail stonecanoe@ymcacny.org.

TAHOMA LITERARY REVIEW offers detailed critiques of your short stories or essays. Get experienced, professional, and useful commentary on your prose up to 6,000 words. Details and pricing: www.tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit.

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. 

VISIONS-INTERNATIONAL is looking for accessible poetry and modern translations to celebrate 44 publishing years! Send 3–6 unpublished poems as Word/Doc attachment (no simultaneous submissions) to: vias.poetry@gmail.com. (See website: www.visionsi.com.) Read sample first: $5 (latest: $6.50) from Visions, 309 Lakeside Dr., Garner, NC 27529.

WE’MOON—the best-selling astrological datebook and moon phase calendar filled with art and writing by women from around the world, is accepting submissions of art and writing for We’Moon 2025. Due date: August 1. No jury fees! Learn more about how to submit on our website: www.wemoon.ws/pages/submissions.

THE 10TH ANNUAL CATAMARAN WRITING CONFERENCE is being held July 30–August 3 in Pebble Beach, CA. Featuring workshops with Joseph Millar, Rebecca Foust, Josip Novakovich, Gina Oschner, and more. Lectures by Meg Waite Clayton, Ellen Bass, and others. To learn more and to register visit our website at: www.catamaranliteraryreader.com/writing-conference-2023. 

THE 18TH ANNUAL WRITING HEIGHTS WRITERS CONFERENCE (#WHWC2023) will be held May 25–27 in Fort Collins, CO, and online. Our fully hybrid conference offers workshopping and informative sessions on craft, marketing, and the writing life for writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Featuring panels, networking events, an exhibitor fair and bookstore, and an open mic. Keynote: Reyna Grande, author of A Ballad of Love & Glory. To register, visit www.writingheights.com/conference. 

COME TO BEAUTIFUL TAOS, NM to attend the seventh Annual Taos Writers Conference, July 7–9. Our keynote speaker, Tommy Orange, author of There There, will be joined by 20 other faculty members offering workshops in every genre including poetry, fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction. FMI: www.somostaos.org/taos-writers-conference/#about or call (575) 758-0081.

JOIN LA MAISON BALDWIN in Paris for our Writer’s Conference, June 30–July 4. We will enjoy workshops, panels with expat writers, open mics, writing time in Baldwin’s favorite spots, and multiple excursions around the city of lights. For more information visit www.lamaisonbaldwin.fr/2023-la-maison-baldwin-conference-for-writers.

LIT CAMP IS DEDICATED to supporting writers. Our spring conference (June 2–7, 2024) focuses on craft, while our fall conference (September 7–11, 2023) concentrates on the business of being a writer. Upcoming faculty for September includes NY literary agent Reiko Davis, literary publicist Kimberly Burns, and NBCC VP Jane Ciabattari. We also offer online and in-person classes taught by instructors like Rebecca Makkai, Joshua Mohr, Matt Bell, and Matthew Zapruder. Our intimate conferences take place in beautiful Mendocino County; in-person classes are held at Page Street, our co-working space in San Francisco. Visit our website for more information on everything we offer: www.litcampwriters.org.

SAINTS & SINNERS LGBTQ LITERARY FESTIVAL will be held in New Orleans March 22–24, 2024. SASFest hosts writing workshops, panel discussions, author readings, and social gatherings for LGBTQ+ readers, writers, editors, publishers, and other literary professionals, plus writing contests in poetry and fiction for LGBTQ+ writers with October deadlines. For more info visit www.sasfest.org.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS & NEW ORLEANS Literary Festival’s 38th 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 20–24. Plus, writing contests in 1-act plays, fiction, and poetry with October deadlines. For more info visit www.tennesseewilliams.net.

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by June 30—Best Poetry: $1,000; Fiction: $1,000; Nonfiction: $1,000; Flash Fiction: $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online. “New Millennium has the best submission guidelines of any contest I’ve ever seen. The award is prestigious and the compensation is excellent. It checks all the boxes of what a good writing contest should be.”—Jane Gabriel, recent submitter. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org.

THE 2023 BEST SPIRITUAL LITERATURE AWARDS in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction will award $500 and publication in the Best Spiritual Literature anthology (Orison Books) for a single work in each genre. Judges: Diamond Forde (poetry), Jacinda Townsend (fiction), Kazim Ali (nonfiction). Entry fee: $12. Submission period: May 1–August 1. Find complete details at www.orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2023 NEW AMERICAN FICTION PRIZE. $1,500 award and book publication. Final judge: Gabriel Bump, author of New York Times Notable Book, Everywhere You Don’t Belong. Deadline: June 15. Minimum length: 100 pages (no maximum). Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines: www.newamericanpress.com/2023-new-american-fiction-prize.

THE 2023 ORISON CHAPBOOK PRIZE will award $300 and publication by Orison Books for a manuscript of 20–45 pages in any literary genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, or hybrid). Orison Books founder and editor Luke Hankins will judge. Submission period: April 1–July 1. Entry fee: $15. For complete guidelines, see www.orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2024 PRESS 53 AWARD FOR POETRY. $1,000, publication, and 53 copies awarded to an unpublished collection of poems. Prizes awarded upon publication. Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series editor, will serve as judge. Deadline: Midnight, July 31. Winner and finalists announced before November 1. Reading fee: $30. Information at www.press53.com/award-for-poetry.

20TH ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS SHORT STORY AWARD for best previously unpublished literary story in English (standalone, not from a novel), approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words. Prize: $1,000, publication on website. Reading fee: $25 per story submitted. Deadline: August 8. Details: www.givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

22ND ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS OSCAR WILDE AWARD for best previously unpublished poem in English that best relates GLBTQ life. Prize: $500, publication on website. Reading fee: $20 per 3 poems submitted, any form, style, length. Deadline: June 27. Details: www.givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

25TH ANNUAL BLUE LYNX PRIZE, $2,000 plus publication, is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems. Submit manuscripts and $28 reading fee to www.lynxhousepress.submittable.com, or P.O. Box 96, Spokane, WA 99210. Recent winners include Flower Conroy, Heather Sellers, Kirsten Kaschock, Jim Daniels, Carolyne Wright, Joe Wilkins, Suzanne Lummis, and Lue Lipsitz. Judges have included Yusef Komunyakaa, Melissa Kwasny, James Tate, Christopher Buckley, Dara Wier, Dorianne Laux, and Robert Wrigley. Deadline: June 15.

THE ANNUAL RATTLE POETRY PRIZE offers $15,000 for a single poem, plus a $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award. Entry fee of $25 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: July 15. Submit up to 4 unpublished poems per entry. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com/prize. 

BACKWATERS PRIZE. An annual prize of $2,000 for the top poetry collection and $1,000 for an honorable mention. Both winners will be awarded the publication of their book by the University of Nebraska Press under its imprint, The Backwaters Press. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 60 to 85 pages with a $32 entry fee by May 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines. University of Nebraska Press, Backwaters Prize, 1225 L St., Ste. 200, Lincoln, NE 68588-0630. Website: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/the-backwaters-press.

BARBARA CROOKER will serve as guest judge of The MacGuffin’s 28th Poet Hunt. First prize will receive $500 and publication. Send up to 5 poems per $15 entry fee via Submittable, e-mail, or post. Entries accepted from April 1 to June 15. Fee includes 1 free issue. Full guidelines: www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin.

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize Contest 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: Brad Crenshaw. Entry fee: $30. Submission deadline: June 30. For submission guidelines: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize or go to www.bauhanpublishing.submittable.com/submit.

BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW’S annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. $1,000 Fiction Prize (judge: Marie Myung-Ok Lee), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (judge: Edgar Gomez), $1,000 Poetry Prize (judge: Melissa Lozada-Oliva). We welcome submissions from March 1–July 1. Entry fee: $20. Website: www.blreview.org.

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

BLACK WARRIOR REVIEW celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023. To celebrate, submit to BWR’s summer contest May 1–September 1. Winners will receive publication and cash prizes ($500 for flash; $1,000 for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction). Free submissions for Black and Indigenous writers. For details visit www.bwr.ua.edu.

BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE WRITING CONTEST: $1,200 in cash prizes. Awards by category: $250 first place, $100 second, $50 third. Fees: $10/entry. Categories: Short story; narrative essay; poetry. Entry deadline: September 18. Conference: October 28, Clifton, TX. Website: www.bosqueartscenter.org; phone: (254) 675-3724. First place winners 2022: Richard Maxson, Theo Boyd, Kaitlyn Baker.

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

CALL FOR SCRIPTS: Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre’s 28th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival “8 Tens @ 8.” Sixteen winners will be selected with full productions in January–February 2024. All styles and genres considered. Previously unproduced work only please. Deadline: June 30. For guidelines see: www.santacruzactorstheatre.org/play-contest-submissions.

THE CATAMARAN POETRY PRIZE is open to West Coast poets living in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii. A prize of $1,000 and publication in book form will be awarded to the winner. Submissions open until April 20. The judge is Dorianne Laux. For guidelines and to submit, visit our website: www.catamaranliteraryreader.com/catamaran-poetry-prize-2023. 

CHAPBOOK CONTEST WITH NINE SYLLABLES PRESS. Open to all who identify as female. Winner receives a $500 prize and publication. This year’s judge is Leila Chatti. Open for submissions June 1–August 31. For more guidelines and information, visit www.ninesyllablespress.com.

CIDER PRESS REVIEW EDITORS’ PRIZE for a book-length poetry collection in English. Prize: $1,000 and publication. All entrants will receive the winning book. Reading period: April 1–June 30. Reading fee: $26. Judges: CPR editors. Submit 48- to 80-page manuscript: www.ciderpressreview.com/submit. Guidelines: www.ciderpressreview.com/bookaward.

CLOSING SOON! The 2023 River Heron Poetry Prize offers a $500 first prize and 2 finalist prizes of $100. We support our poets with publication, a Zoom reading, social media, and newsletter coverage. This year’s judge is 2022 winner Tom McGuire. Deadline: May 31. Entry fee: $15. Guidelines at www.riverheronreview.com.

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: www.codhillpoetryaward.submittable.com/submit. $30 entry fee. For complete guidelines: www.codhill.com.

COMPETE IN THE WORLD'S FIRST 100% AI Screenplay Contest. Craft your original, organic prompts up to 500 words, then show us your best screenplay/stage-play of 40,000 words or less. $10 submission fee. Visit www.shAIkespeare.org for details.

COMSTOCK REVIEW features $1,000 top prize for single poem. Independently published for 37 years. Judge: Danusha Laméris. Submissions are judged and screened anonymously. Submit from April 1 to deadline July 15 postmark. Complete rules must be followed: Check website or send SASE. No previously published poems. Limit: 40 lines. Mail entry fee: $5 per poem. Submittable: $25 for 1–5 poems. Website: www.comstockreview.org. Address: Muriel Craft Bailey Award, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215.

COWLES OPEN POETRY BOOK PRIZE. $2,000, publication/distribution of full-length poetry manuscript, 30 copies for author. Color cover, 48 to 100 pages, $25 reading fee. Deadline: November 1. Guidelines at www.semopress.com/events/cowles-prize. Submit through our Submittable account.

DZANC BOOKS seeks innovative literary fiction and story collections for its annual contests. Contests include the annual Prize for Fiction, offering a $5,000 advance and publication, and the Short Story Collection Prize, $2,500 advance/publication. $25 reading fee per submission. Contests close June 30. Details at www.dzancbooks.org.

ENTER THE 2023 JOY HARJO POETRY CONTEST, the 2023 Barry Lopez Nonfiction Contest, and the 2023 Rick DeMarinis Short Story Contest. Sponsored by Cutthroat, a Journal of the Arts. $1,200 first prize, $300 second prize and honorable mention. All winners published in Cutthroat 29, a print issue! Enter as often as you wish in as many genres as you wish. Reading fee: $23. Reading period: August 31 to November 1. Go to www.cutthroatmag.com for guidelines as well as to submit. We suggest you read a back issue of Cutthroat before submitting. Congratulations to the 2022 winners: “Navajo-English Dictionary,” Kinsale Heuston, Joy Harjo Poetry Prize; “Memoir Map: An Autobiographical Cartography of Central Texas,” Jennifer Sapio, Barry Lopez Nonfiction Prize; and “Four Lists,” Masha Shukovich, Rick DeMarinis Short Story Prize.

ENTER–1000 BELOW, Midway Journal’s annual flash prose and poetry contest. The contest runs from March 1–May 31. $500 grand prize. $250 second prize. $50 third prize. $10 entry fee. Unlimited entries. For more details go to www.midwayjournal.com.

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 invites you to enter your first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. Prizes in both fiction & creative nonfiction. Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the prize supports emerging writers with cash awards, developmental mentoring, & an agent consultation. Visit www.firstpagesprize.com.

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 FRANCINE RINGOLD AWARDS for New Writers. Prizes of $500 and publication for fiction and poetry from Nimrod International Journal. Open only to emerging writers with no more than 2 previous publication credits in their genre. For poetry, submit up to 5 pages; for fiction, 1 short story, 5,000 words maximum. Open internationally. Multiple entries accepted. Entry fee: $12, includes the spring issue of Nimrod. Deadline: July 15. For complete guidelines: nimrod@utulsa.edu or www.artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod. 

NAUGATUCK RIVER REVIEW, a journal of narrative poetry, announces our 15th annual narrative poetry contest. Sarah Browning will judge. Submissions are July 1 to September 1. $20 submission fee. All winners and finalists will be published in the Winter 2024 issue. Website: www.naugatuckriverreview.com..

NORTH STREET BOOK PRIZE. Ninth year. Submit self-published and hybrid-published books. Grand prize of $10,000. Top winner in each category will win $1,000. Categories: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction & Memoir, Poetry, Children’s Picture Book, Middle Grade (new!), Graphic Novel & Memoir, and Art Book. $20,400 in total cash prizes. Fee: $75 per book. Submit by June 30. Final judges: Jendi Reiter and Ellen LaFleche. Submit online or by mail. Guidelines: www.winningwriters.com/northpw2305.

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

ONEPAGEPOETRY.COM—now accepting entries for our 2023 poetry contest. In celebration of the beautiful art of poetry, as long as it fits on 1 page. Entry fee: $25. Prizes include $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second, $500 for third, and inclusion in the top 100 poems in our yearly anthology. Website: www.onepagepoetry.com.

PRAIRIE SCHOONER is open for submissions to the annual Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest from May 15 to August 1. Winner receives $500 and their essay will be published in the Spring 2024 issue. Entry fee is $20. For more information visit www.prairieschooner.unl.edu.

RED WHEELBARROW POETRY PRIZE: Ellen Bass final judge. $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside, $500 for second, $250 for third. Top 5 published in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Submit up to 3 original unpublished poems. $15 entry fee. Deadline: July 31. Guidelines: www.redwheelbarrow.submittable.com.

RIVER TEETH LITERARY NONFICTION BOOK PRIZE (August 1–October 31): $1,000 and publication with University of New Mexico Press. Lacy M. Johnson 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.

ROBSON AND PURITAN: 2023 Gilded Poet Award. Deadline: July 29. Fee: $15. One grand prize of $1,000 and 2 runners-up prizes and promotion across the contest winner section of our website. The poetry can be of any type, length, or content, but it must be your own. We’re looking for poems that say something to make a reader sit up and think. Submit online or by mail. For rules and submission guidelines, visit our website: www.robsonandpuritan.com/2023-poetry-contest.

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

SOLSTICE: A MAGAZINE OF DIVERSE VOICES (Best of the Net 2023 Anthology, Best American Essays 2018, cited BAE 2015, 2016, 2020) announces Annual Literary Contest April 1–June 1: $1,000 Fiction Prize (judge: Patricia Engel), $500 Stephen Dunn Poetry Prize (judge: A. Van Jordan), $500 Michael Steinberg Nonfiction Prize (judge: Grace Talusan), $500 Graphic Lit Prize (judge: Jess Ruliffson). Entry fee: $18. Submit today! Website: www.solsticelitmag.org/contest.

THE SPR BOOK AWARDS open for submissions! Win $2,000 of book marketing when you enter your indie/self-published book in any genre! Learn more at: www.selfpublishingreview.com/spr-book-awards. 

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.

THANKS TO ALL THE WRITERS who applied for the de Groot Foundation’s 2023 Lando & Courage to Write grants. Your stories, commitment, and talent inspire! We’ll announce the finalists in April and notify grant awardees in May 2023. For news and updates about the 2024 Grants for Writers program visit www.degrootfoundation.org.

THREE MILE HARBOR PRESS seventh annual Poetry Prize offers publication, $500 honorarium, and 25 author copies for an unpublished collection of poetry. Reading fee: $25. Deadline: December 31. Congratulations to this year’s winner, Kateri Kosek of Sheffield, MA, for American Eclipse. Details at www.3mileharborpress.com.

TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID FICTION & ESSAY CONTEST, 31st year. Prize for best short story: $3,000. Prize for best essay: $3,000. Total prizes: $9,000. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Fee: $22. Limit: 6,000 words. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Judge: Mina Manchester. Submit by April 30. Enter at: www.winningwriters.com/tomstorypw2305.

UNDER THE SUN, a journal of creative nonfiction, announces its fourth annual summer writing contest, July 1–July 31. $500 prize. Entry fee: $15. All submissions considered for publication in our 2024 issue. Final judge: Ren Cedar Fuller, winner of our 2022 summer writing contest. See guidelines: www.underthesunonline.com/wordpress/2022/submissions.

AT LAST—A CREATIVE WRITING BOARD GAME! Dead Poets Rise™. For poets and non-poets alike. Stimulating. Unexpected. Easy to play. Get the cure for writer’s block: www.dpr.games for info on our Kickstarter. Follow @deadpoetsrise on Instagram for updates.

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. 

PARIS RETREAT WITH CAMBRIDGE WRITERS’ WORKSHOP (July 19–25) at the Hôtel du Midi. Tuition: $4,500, includes all workshops/classes, lodging, some meals, excursions. Submit 5–10 pages of creative writing with a $5 application fee by June 1 at www.cww.submittable.com. For complete guidelines visit www.cambridgewritersworkshop.org.

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. 

SITKA, ALASKA, FEATURES THE TONGASS MIST WRITING RETREAT (April 13–16). Retreat includes inclusive workshops, literary readings, wilderness tours, and communal meals on an oceanside fine-arts campus. Generative writing and craft classes are taught by award-winning writer Rita Banerjee, author of Echo in Four Beats, CREDO, and A Night with Kali. Multi-genre writers welcome. E-mail tongassmistwritingretreat@gmail.com to apply. For more information visit www.tongassmist.com and www.ritabanerjee.com.

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.

THE INAUGURAL HELLER CREATIVE WRITER’S RESIDENCY in Colorado Springs is open for application. The Pueblo Revival-style guest house sits on 34 acres of pristine Colorado landscape and serves as tranquil workspace for a 1-week-long residency of writing, teaching, and readings. Featured writer to receive honorarium, room/board, and travel compensation. Visit: www.heller.uccs.edu/creativewriting. 

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. One- 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.

RESIDENCIES AND RETREATS are available at PLAYA|A place for Art + Science inquiry located in the remote, dramatic landscape of the Oregon Outback. Fee-based residencies available in 4-, 7-, and 10-night packages. No-fee, juried residencies are awarded by application for 5-, 12-, and 26-day residencies. Application deadline: May 31. To apply go to www.playasummerlake.org.

CREATIVE WRITING INSIGHTS is an MFA-level online + live in-person creative writing program at a fraction of the cost. We help writers go from inconsistency, frustration, and confusion to clarity, confidence, and completion! Because great writing happens in great community! Includes: Dynamic craft sessions, coaching, editorial/feedback, publishing resources, + bestselling author series (George Saunders, Elizabeth Gilbert, Cheryl Strayed, and many others). Now accepting new students at: www.albertflynndesilver.com/program. *Curriculum inspired by Albert’s popular book on writing from Sounds True, Writing as a Path to Awakening.

2023 CAN BE YOUR YEAR to write and publish more poems with Two Sylvias’ Weekly Muse! For the price of 1 poetry class, the Weekly Muse sends you poetry prompts, writing & journaling exercises, opportunities to submit, #ProTips on poetry/publishing, and more every Sunday! Enjoy 2 weeks free on us: www.twosylviaspress.substack.com/pw2weeksfree.

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. 

ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OFFERS SENSITIVE, personalized coaching and editing. Recipient of Harold Vursell Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters, an O’Henry, a Pushcart, publications in the Best American Short Stories. 28 years teaching experience, Barnard College, MFA Program at Queens University of Charlotte, private practice. E-mail: maxine.swann@gmail.com. Website: www.maxineswann.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 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. 

ACUMEN, PASSION, PROFESSIONALISM: Virtuoso editor (12+ years), former English professor (Columbia, Fordham, City University of New York, Fashion Institute of Technology), widely published writer (Electric Literature, Guernica, BuzzFeed) available for literary coaching, developmental and line editing, and expert proposal/query letter support. Specialties include literary and upmarket fiction, memoir, narrative and big ideas nonfiction, poetry. Highly personalized services with a collaborative, thorough approach. E-mail: shannonazzatostephens@gmail.com. Website: www.shannonazzatostephens.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. 

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.

NEED AN EDITOR? HerStry Literary Magazine is now taking editorial clients for May, June, July, and August. Short stories, personal essays, and longer works accepted. For details and pricing visit: www.herstryblg.com/editorial-services.

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, and editing services to writers and poets in all genres. We can map out a new project or tackle a fresh revision to prepare for 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.

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.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS. Well-published writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry offers compassionate critiques, copyediting, and coaching (online). Responsive to your writing needs and concerns; experienced, astute, and caring. Excellent literary background. Reasonable rates. Kathryn Liebowitz, MFA. Website: www.kathrynliebowitz.com; e-mail: kathrynliebowitz48@gmail.com; phone: (978) 512-1204.

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.

A GENERATIVE BOOT CAMP FOR POETS. The MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat: May 31–June 6, in the Berkshires. Open your imagination and write dozens of drafts in the galleries at MoCA and the Clark Art Institute. Explore exciting ways to unveil memories, emotions, language, and new forms of poetic expression. Emerging and experienced poets welcome. Rolling admission until mid-April. 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. 

INTO THE SPRINGS WRITERS’ WORKSHOP, August 4–6. Shared, interactive sessions to strengthen your presence in the writing world with publishing/marketing expert Jane Friedman and award-winning SF author Jason Sanford. Join us at the Mills Park Hotel in the unique Village of Yellow Springs, OH. Website: www.intothespringswritersworkshop.com.

LIVE FREE AND WRITE. August 13–18. Writing retreat in Sunapee, NH. Spend an inspiring week working on your memoir or poetry. Enjoy the refreshing New England summer with plentiful writing time, encouraging workshops, homemade meals, and time to relax. Learn more and register today: www.stockton.edu/murphywriting.

THE REAL PARIS WORKSHOP: August 6–10. Are you more Amélie than Emily? Authenticity aficionado, cultural voyager, junkie for real life? Workshop led by O. Henry, NEA, and Pushcart-winning author Shannon Cain. Guest expat writer talks, individual consults, literary excursions, and afternoons for writing in cafés. Website: www.therealparisworkshop.com. 

WRITE YOUR MEMOIR IN TUSCANY! June 3–10. Weeklong all-inclusive memoir writing retreat with award-winning memoirist, college professor, and author coach Jennifer Browdy, PhD. Relax at a historic Tuscan villa; enjoy daily writing sessions, facilitated sharing, 1-on-1 coaching, as well as excursions in the beautiful countryside. Productive, stimulating and FUN! Find out more: www.jenniferbrowdy.com/event/explore-the-winding-trails-of-your-life-story-in-the-tuscan-hills.