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ANTHOLOGY/CONTEST: Luck—TallGrass Writers Guild. Poetry to 32 lines w/spaces; prose to 2,500 words. Deadline extended: May 31. Fees: 1-4 poems and each prose entry; $19/$15 for TWG members. Prizes: $500 each category. Theme interpreted broadly. No limit on number of submissions. Complete anthology guidelines: E-mail: tallgrassguild@sbcglobal.net. 

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

ATMOSPHERE PRESS is currently seeking submissions of full-length book manuscripts in all genres—from poetry to fiction to memoir and beyond—with no reading fee. Atmosphere Press is an independent publisher dedicated to honesty, transparency, professionalism, kindness, and making your book awesome. Learn more at atmospherepress.com. 

WHAT BOOKS PRESS in Los Angeles is reading full-length manuscripts of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid texts between January 1 and April 30. Please visit our Submittable page: https://whatbookspress.submittable.com/submit. Surprise us!

GREEN LINDEN PRESS invites you to submit poetry chapbook manuscripts during our open-reading period. One or more will be selected for publication; authors will receive 25 copies and publicity. Our series includes chapbooks by James Hoch, Meg Kearney, David Trinidad, and many others. Deadline: March 21. Visit greenlindenpress.com/submit.

THE 2026 SPRING THEMES at Sequestrum are 1. “Enemies” and 2. “Romance!” Accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication applies. Submit via our online submission system. E-mail questions to: sequr.info@gmail.com. Deadline: April 15. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org. 

2027 OREGON POETRY CALENDAR seeks poems from current Oregon residents. Theme: Oregon wildlife. Poems paired with color photographs to produce a lovely wall calendar. Deadline: May 31. Blind submissions, no fee. Previously published and simultaneous okay, no bio needed. For info: redshoepress@5redshoes.com. No e-mail submissions. Submissions: https://redshoepress.submittable.com/submit. 

ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (triannually online, selected annual print) accepting and reading submissions late summer through late spring. We are seeking poems people will be inspired to re-read and share with family and friends. Please visit www.abandonedmine.org for examples, past issues, and complete guidelines. 

APPLE VALLEY REVIEW seeks flash/short fiction, personal essays, poetry, and translations for Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 2026). Previously published pieces have been selections/notables in Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, Best of the Net, Wigleaf Top 50, others. Visit https://www.applevalleyreview.org for information, guidelines.

ARLIJO, AN ONLINE JOURNAL, is accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction (less than 10 pages), art/photography between March 30–April 30. Submit items as Word doc or RTF doc, with a short bio, contact info. No reading fee/no payment/all rights revert to authors after online publication. Submit to: arlijo@myyahoo.com. 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Sterncastle Magazine is open for submissions! Our quarterly, themed publication will feature short fiction and original artwork which complement the unique theme of each issue. For submission guidelines, and to see our current and upcoming themes, check out sterncastle.org/magazine.

CONNECTICUT RIVER REVIEW, a national poetry journal, is accepting submissions from February 1 to April 15. Electronic submissions only. Send up to 3 original unpublished poems in a single document, no more than 1 poem per page, no more than 4 pages total. Website: https://connecticutriverreview.submittable.com/submit. Check our website for complete guidelines: https://ctpoetry.org/connecticut-river-review. We look forward to seeing your work!

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

ISSUE #21! SLAB has now passed through its awkward adolescence (those crushes on older, more established lit mags) and now is striking out in new directions. Help us celebrate this milestone issue by sending your funkiest fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and text-based art. Reading period ends April 15. Details: https://slablitmag.org/. 

ITALIAN AMERICANA seeks fiction and poetry on any subject and style from writers of Italian heritage on either side. Past contributors include Olivia Kate Cerrone, Peter Covino, and Maria Mazziotti Gillan. Deadlines: July 1 for the winter issue, December 1 for the summer one. Submission guidelines: https://press-ia.scholasticahq.com/for-authors. 

MILITANT HUMANIST (militanthumanist.org) is paused but not gone. We remain a space for militant, humanist writing and art that confronts genocide, occupation, fascism, poverty, and dehumanization—beginning with Palestine and extending across interconnected struggles. Submissions, correspondence, and solidarity are still welcome. E-mail: info@militanthumanist.org. Address: P.O. Box 750159, Forest Hills, NY 11375. 

THE MILLER’S DAMSEL: A new print journal for poetry, flash fiction, art, and photography. Open April 1 to May 15. No submission fee. See www.millersdamsel.com. 

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

RATTLE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS of poems that imagine the future for our fall 2026 issue: Poems may be any style, as long as they address the topic of the future in some way. Deadline: April 15. Online submissions accepted. For more information, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

RIVERSONGS, a nonprofit journal, offers $100 for the best poem submitted to Dr. Clark, 57 South 1300 West, St. George, UT 84770. Send SASE and 3 poems by July 1. 

SUBMIT POEMS on any subject and in any style, length, and number at any time. Simultaneous submissions and previously published poems are welcome. No submission fees. The Great American Poetry Show; info@tgaps.com. Website: www.tgaps.net. 

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

TWO HAWKS QUARTERLY is a digital journal affiliated with Antioch University Los Angeles’ BA Program in Creative Writing and is setting the bar for contemporary literature with bold and illuminating poetry, fiction, CNF, art, and quality experimental work. For guidelines, see www.twohawksquarterly.com.

WE WELCOME SUBMISSIONS for the inaugural issue of Unbound Ink, an online literary journal committed to reading each submission anonymously, apart from any identifying information, including publishing history—or the lack of it. By approaching each piece in this way, we aim to share a rich spectrum of voices. Website: https://unboundink.org/submissions/. 

THE WRITER’S WORKSHOP REVIEW publishes the best in creative nonfiction, fiction, and interviews and pays for published stories. Send us narrative nonfiction, personal essays, short stories, and short shorts, as well as travel, food and wine, and writing with a strong narrative element. Submissions: Kathleen Glassburn at glassburnkathleen03@gmail.com. For more, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net. 

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

JOIN ASPIRING AND SEASONED WRITERS on April 11 in historic downtown Frankfort, KY, for the 2026 Conference of Writers! Enjoy inspiring workshops, expert panels on craft and publishing, and professional networking. Keynote address by Kentucky Poet Laureate Kathleen Driskell. Don’t miss this opportunity to take your writing to the next level! Register today at www.bluegrasswriterscoalition.com. 

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

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by June 30—$1,000 each for Best Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash Fiction. All winners published in our anthology and online. “I love the emphasis on new writers, the blind judging, and the lack of restrictions on subject and style.”—Orlando Dare, recent submitter. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

$5,000 FOR THE Only Poems 2026 Poet of the Year Award. Winner: $3,000. Four finalists: $500 each. All nominated for Pushcart, Best Spiritual Literature, Best of the Net, or Best New Poets. Winners will also receive extensive interviews alongside publication of 5–10 poems each. (We celebrate poets, not just poems.) Submissions March 1–April 30. Submit up to 10 pages of unpublished poetry. Fee: $22. Multiple and simultaneous submissions accepted. Winners announced in July. Guidelines and more: https://www.onlypoems.com/poet-of-the-year-award. 

THE $20,000 DAG PRIZE for Literature is awarded annually to a U.S.-based prose writer whose work offers significant innovation–for example, at the level of form, content, or genre. Open to writers with one previously published book of prose and a second prose project substantially underway. Applications: February 4-March 18, 2026. More information and guidelines at www.dagfoundation.org. 

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

2026 PRIME NUMBER MAGAZINE Awards for Poetry and Short Fiction. $1,000 first prize in each category plus publication. Two runners-up in each category receive $250 plus publication. Poetry judge: Terri Kirby Erickson; fiction judge: Jodi Paloni. Reading fee $15. Open January through March. Submit online through Submittable. Details at www.press53.com/prime-number-magazine-awards. 

23RD ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS Short Story Award for best previously unpublished literary story in English (stand alone, not from a novel), approximately 5,000 words. Prize: $1,000, publication on website. Reading fee: $25 per story submitted. Deadline August 8, 2026. Detail: givalpress.submittable.com or http://www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

25TH ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS Oscar Wilde Award for best previously unpublished poem in English that best relates GLBTQ life. Prize: $500, publication on website. Reading fee of $20 per 3 poems submitted, any form, style, length. Deadline: June 27, 2026. Details: givalpress.submittable.com or http://www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

AGES 50 AND OLDER: Passager Poetry Contest. Deadline: April 15. Reading fee: $20, includes 1-year subscription. Prize: $1,000, publication, interview. Honorable mentions published. Submit 5 poems, 40-line max each, cover letter, bio, SASE/e-mail for results. Snail mail or Submittable. No previously published work. Passager, 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208. Guidelines: www.passagerbooks.com. 

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

BARRY SPACKS POETRY PRIZE. Gunpowder Press is accepting book-length manuscripts of 48–100 pages for the 12th annual Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, which honors Barry’s legacy of accessible yet challenging work. The prize is $1,000 + 10 author copies. Entry fee is $20. Full details at www.gunpowderpress.com. 

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

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

CALL FOR SCRIPTS: Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre’s annual 10-minute play festival “8 Tens @ 8.” 16 winners will be selected for full productions in January–February 2027. All styles and genres considered. Previously unproduced work only please. Deadline: June 30 (or 300 submissions). For guidelines see: www.santacruzactorstheatre.org/play-contest-submissions. 

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

CRAB CREEK REVIEW 2026 Poetry Prize. Judge: Vandana Khanna. $500 plus publication. Submit up to 4 poems. $16 entry fee. All entries considered for publication. Winner & finalists will appear in Crab Creek Review. Deadline: May 15. Full guidelines at www.crabcreekreview.org. 

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

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

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

FISCHER CANTOR CONTESTS... Fischer: 30th year. Open to all topics, all styles, all poets writing in English anywhere in the world. 2025 winner: California’s Claire Blotter. 2026 judge: Virginia’s Lesley Wheeler. Cantor: 9th Year. Open to Colorado poets on any topic, or any poet writing in English submitting poems about Colorado. 2025 winner: Colorado’s Alicia Rebecca Myers. 2026 judge: New Mexico’s Scott Andrew Nicolay. Both: Prizes = $1,000 winner, five $250 finalist prizes. $14 fee per poem, 3 for $35. Start: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Feedback: $10 per poem. Read guidelines carefully. For more information: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. 

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

THE MEMOIR PRIZE for Books awards up to $5,000 for full-length memoir, essay collection, graphic art, creative, and narrative nonfiction works of exceptional merit. There are no restrictions on subject matter, page count, type of publisher, or the year of publication. Deadline: August 31. Find out more at: https://memoirmag.com. 

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

NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD. Postmark deadline: March 31. The $5,000 post-publication book prize from Fall for the Book and the IIR recognizes prose works that illuminate the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants. Recent winners include: Shahnaz Habib, Rachel Heng, Sindya Bhanoo, and Shubha Sunder. Details: www.fallforthebook.org/newamericanvoices. 

THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW PRESS is reviving the journal Short Story and launching The Short Story Prize. We’re open not only to literary stories but also westerns, thrillers, crime stories, tales, yarns, and other narrative modes. Winner: $1,000. Finalists: $100. Deadline: April 1. Website: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/shortstory/. 

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

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

ONEPAGEPOETRY.COM—Now accepting entries for our 2026 poetry contest. In celebration of the beautiful art of poetry, as long as it fits on 1 page. Entry fee: $25. Prizes include $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second, $500 for third, and inclusion of the top 100 poems in our yearly anthology. Website: www.onepagepoetry.com. 

THE ORCHARD STREET PRESS announces its ninth annual Poetry Contest: $700 first prize, $500 second, $300 third. Prize-winning and other submitted poems will appear in Quiet Diamonds, our annual poetry journal, and select entrants will be invited to submit chapbooks for possible publication. Submit up to 4 previously unpublished, original poems (typed, no single poem longer than two pages), a cover letter with contact info, a SASE, and the $15 fee to: The Orchard Street Press; P.O. Box 280, Gates Mills, OH 44040. Entries can also be submitted via our website, orchpress.com, where entry details can also be found. Deadline: April 30. 

RIVER TEETH conducts an annual contest for a book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction in English. The contest winner receives $1,000 and publication by the University of New Mexico Press. Entries must be submitted through Submittable. The submission fee is $27. We accept submissions September 1–October 31. Read complete guidelines at https://riverteethjournal.com/book-prize/. 

SHORT STORY COMPETITION: Win €1,000 (approx. $1,089). Entry €18 (approx. $19). Max 1,500 words. Poetry competition: Win €1,000 (approx. $1,089). Early bird: June 30. Entry €15 (approx. $16). Max 40 lines. Winners published in Anthology magazine! Anthology magazine awards & prizes: Memoir: €500 | Nature Writing: €300 | Flash Fiction: €300 | Travel Writing: €300. Website: https://anthology-magazine.com/awards/. 

SLAB 2026 PRIZE in Creative Nonfiction. SLAB seeks flash, medium, and traditional-length CNF. First place receives $850 and publication; runner-up receives $500 and publication. Judge: Hattie Fletcher, editor of the monthly True Story magazine. All entries considered for publication. $10 reading fee. Reading period ends April 15. Details: https://slablitmag.org/. 

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

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

TRIQUARTERLY MAGAZINE’S Reginald Gibbons Editor’s Prize for Short Fiction. A prize of $1,000 and publication in TriQuarterly for a single short story, to be judged by Juan Martinez. Submit a story of up to 5,000 words with a $12 entry fee via Submittable by March 31. All entries will be considered for publication.

WERGLE FLOMP Humor Poetry Contest. No fee. 25th year. Top prize: $2,000. Total prizes: $3,750. Co-sponsors: Duotrope and Chill Subs. Winning entries published online. Submit 1 humor poem by April 1. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Enter at winningwriters.com/wergle.

THE SPRING 2026 print issue of Allium, a Journal of Poetry & Prose is now available. Featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from a diverse collection of poets and writers, Allium is available for purchase on our website. Three-year subscriptions are also available. Please visit www.allium.colum.edu for more information.

DEVOTION TO WRITING Workshops, residencies, and retreats. Cultivate and sustain your writing practice with Devotion to Writing, a program for, and community of, writers and artists devoted to deepening their creative practice. Martha’s Vineyard, Italy, Portugal, and online. Visit devotiontowriting.com or follow @devotiontowriting.com on social media and YouTube. 

FIND YOUR FLOW WRITING & YOGA RETREAT in Costa Rica, March/June/November 2026. Our women-only, all-inclusive retreat is hosted by experienced writers and designed to meet your goals, whether you're just beginning to explore writing, taking your literary project across the finish line, or simply looking to surround yourself with other creatives. E-mail: johanna@johannagarton.com. 

PALM SPRINGS WRITING RETREAT. Palm Springs Writers Guild Retreat to the Heat—Palm Springs, CA | June 28–July 1. Elevate your writing with expert-led workshops, critiques, and networking. Unwind in the desert warmth. Space limited to 20. All-Inclusive Early Bird Registration: $950 through March 15; Standard: $1,100. Includes tuition, 3 nights Hotel Zoso lodging, breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Website: palmspringswritersguild.org/events. 

PORCHES WRITING RETREAT, an historic farmhouse overlooking the James River in Blue Ridge foothills. Spacious porches, comfortable, high-ceilinged rooms, high-speed WiFi, well-equipped communal kitchen, also a private cottage. Find peace and inspiration. Availability by days, week, month. Open all year. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com. 

ZIGBONE FARM RETREAT, near DC/Balt in Catoctin Mtns. Creative Writing w/ Diana Friedman (April); Novel Writing w/Tammy Greenwood (July); Inspired Writing w/Eugenia Kim (September); Poetry/Yoga w/Ann Quinn (October); Grand lodge artistically renovated w/ timbered ceilings, adobe walls, Moroccan-tiled bathrooms, on 100 acres. Farm-fresh meals. Website: www.zigbonefarmretreat.com/retreats. E-mail: dena@zigbonefarmretreat.com.

2026 RESIDENCIES are filling fast! Apply/reserve your stay at Dorland Mountain Arts today! Nestled in the protected land overlooking Temecula Valley’s stunning wine country in Southern California. Five cozy cottages with dedicated workspaces for artists and writers, spacious porches, nature trails, a pond, and quiet natural surroundings that will inspire your creative process. E-mail: info@dorlandmountainarts.org; website: www.dorlandmountainarts.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING? Domestic hubbub? Prospect Street Writers House offers peace and quiet by the week or by the day. We’ll find a spot for you. Website: www.prospectstreet.org or e-mail: gclark@prospectstreet.org. 

EZRA RESIDENCIES! Solitary residency (summer), competitive, offered by Ezra: An Online Journal of Translation. Cottage in NH Lakes Region, quiet road, woods, mountain views. View on the Ezra site: www.ezratranslation.com. 

THE WILLA CATHER RESIDENCY provides emergent writers a chance to live and work in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska. Our 2-week residency, October 4–18, offers time and space to create in a small, rural environment. Residents are provided a stipend for provisions and a private room in the historic Cather Second Home. Applications open April 1 and close May 1. Visit www.willacather.org/residency. 

WRITE ON, DOOR COUNTY (Wisconsin) is accepting applications for 2027 residencies. Located on the Door County peninsula bound by the waters of Lake Michigan, you will be surrounded by nature and a thriving artist community. Write On offers a comfortable 3-bedroom residence, writing center, and 59-acre campus. Applications accepted January 1–April 1, details at writeondoorcounty.org. 

WRITE WHERE JACK KEROUAC wrote The Dharma Bums. The Kerouac Project residency of Orlando, FL, offers the house to yourself, $600 grocery stipend, utilities paid. Finish your project in 7 weeks. Six time slots available per year. Application due date April 14, but we’ve been known to extend it. Website: www.kerouac-project.com.

45 YEARS OF PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE. Founder/former director of Paris Press, provides astute manuscript consultations and coaching for writers and poets. “My decision to work with Jan Freeman was one of the best decisions that I have ever made in preparing a poetry manuscript.”—Glenis Redmond, The Listening Skin (Four Way Books). “Jan’s ear and her perceptive suggestions were right on the mark as I worked towards the completion of my memoir. I highly recommend her.”—Rose Styron, Beyond This Harbor (Knopf). Website: https://www.janfreeman.net/editing-services. E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com. 

ABLE AND WELL-KNOWN WRITER, teacher, editor, (Scribner, Random House, Bantam, Dell, Oxford University Press, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Narrative, Harper’s, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The American Scholar, Esquire, GQ, Ploughshares) offers manuscript critique, editing, private tutorials on short stories, novels, and literary nonfiction. Authors edited include Rick Bass, T. C. Boyle, Jennifer Egan, Saidiya Hartman, Min Jin Lee, Anthony Marra, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joyce Carol Oates, James Salter, Morgan Talty, and many others. Contact: editor@tomjenks.com. Website: tomjenks.com. 

ACCLAIMED POETRY EDITOR, former executive director of Alice James Books, 25+ years’ editing experience. Professional manuscript evaluation, comprehensive editing. Edits for various budgets. Workshops, tutorials, publishing advice. Author of We (Red Hen Press, 2025), Event Boundaries, Anxious Music (Four Way Books). Former SNU CW MFA faculty. Website: www.aprilossmann.com. E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com. 

ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE SERVICES: Visit my website for budget-sensitive options. Marcia Trahan, memoirist (Mercy) and editor with 22 years’ experience, offers developmental critiques, copy editing, and help with queries and book proposals. Specializing in memoir; also handles wide range of fiction. Traditional and indie authors welcome. Patient, supportive approach. E-mail: info@marciatrahan.com. Website: www.marciatrahan.com. 

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

AT PORCHES WRITING RETREAT: A comprehensive 3-day 1-on-1 novel consultation, offering a deep dive into your manuscript with editor Greg Michalson for writers who have a finished or nearly finished draft. This unique experience, not offered anywhere in the country, includes 4 nights in an 1854 farmhouse on the James River, VA. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com/workshops-fellowships. 

AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Professional editor, literary midwife, award-winning author (Bantam, Avon, Scholastic, Berkley/Ace, others) offers extensive critiques, tutorials, revisions, support. Upgrade your writing skills; solve problems with plot, character development, pacing. Specialties include literary and mainstream fiction, mystery/thriller, juvenile/YA, general nonfiction, psychology, spirituality. Carol Gaskin. Phone: (941) 377-7640. E-mail: carol@editorialalchemy.com. Website: www.editorialalchemy.com. 

AWARD-WINNING FICTION WRITER, graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, creative writing teacher of 35 years, provides personalized manuscript editing. I offer detailed editing, honest evaluation, and sensitive critique. I work with new and experienced writers, fiction and nonfiction. Contact Hugh Cook. E-mail: hughcook212@gmail.com. Website: hugh-cook.ca. 

BIRDS & MUSES MENTORSHIP for women writers. Realize your vision with a mentor as invested in your story & your growth as you are. Acclaimed novelist, memoirist, editor Kate Moses: Taking writers under her wing for 3 decades with startling insights, attentive generosity, command of craft, acute editorial skill. Website: www.birdsandmuses.com. 

BLOCKED? STRUGGLING? I’ll help you finish that project! Break through blocks with professional writing mentoring from published journalist, poet, playwright, researcher. Skilled editor, experienced teacher, compassionate coach. New genre? Creative transition? Unearthed manuscript? Personal dream?—I can help you write, edit, publish! Carol Burbank, MA, PhD. Free 30-minute consultation. E-mail: cburbank@storyweaving.com. Website: www.storyweaving.com. 

FREE SESSION with Writer Wellness Consultant and Mentor. Have writing begging to get on the page, revised, and moved on to publishing? Want to find out what’s in the way? Give yourself the gift of a free consultation and get started. Contact: Andrea R. Canaan, MSW, MFA. E-mail: andreacanaan@gmail.com; website: www.andreacanaan.blog. 

HIGH-QUALITY PROFESSIONAL EDITING for writers of fiction and narrative nonfiction, offering services from developmental to line editing. Can be especially helpful to unpublished or first-time writers. Honest, constructive, meticulous feedback. Free sample edit. Visit New Leaf Editing at www.newleafediting.com. 

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

MENTORING AND MANUSCRIPT ASSESSMENT: Providing expert editorial appraisal and help to poets at all levels. Award-winning poet and fiction writer, educator, and mentor to many writers in the United States and abroad now available for intensive manuscript review. Offering line-by-line editing and much more. E-mail me at susansonde@msn.com for in-depth details and testimonials. 

NO BS SCRIPT CRITIQUE. For over 30 years, I have read and analyzed scripts for Oscar-winning actors, the biggest movie and theater companies, and agents. I can give you an honest, constructive evaluation of your stage play/musical/screenplay/novel, for an affordable fee. No AI, no BS, no politics. Contact: scriptcritique1@gmail.com. 

POETRY, POETRY MS. Expand your range, syntax, facility with language. Close editing, attention to big picture, phone or Skype conferences—U.S. or international. Experienced poet/teacher, award-winning author of 11 collections, 5 with Godine and Knopf. I founded and taught in the MFA and postgraduate conference at Vermont College. E-mail: rogerweingarten12@gmail.com. For further details, please visit website: www.rogerweingarten.com. 

RESPECTFUL, AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING in literary and upmarket fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Writer and professor 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. Initial consultations are free. Website: adamprinceauthor.com.

THE 16TH MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat in the Berkshires, April 23–28, 2026. Enjoy the restorative beauty of spring in New England, writing dozens of drafts in museum galleries of MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, and WCMA. Experimenting with new forms of creative expression as art opens your memories, perceptions, and imagination in a supportive community. Emerging and experienced poets welcome. Website: www.janfreeman.net/workshops-readings; e-mail: janfreemanpoetry@gmail.com. 

BOOK PROPOSAL WORKSHOP: What Your Book Proposal Absolutely Needs, 10 PT/1 ET, Wednesday, March 25, an online workshop. Six elements for a stunning overview, eight sections of a proposal and how to nail them, nine essential questions you must answer. Website: https://calendly.com/carolyn-777/book-proposal-workshop-499-100-off-for-cli-clone. On Substack: Why a Book Proposal Is So Hard to Write: https://open .substack.com/pub/carolynflynn/p/why-a-book-proposal-is-so-damn-hard?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web. 

GET AWAY TO WRITE—Vermont, August 9-14. Writing retreat in Grafton, VT. Spend an inspiring week working on your poetry or prose. Enjoy the refreshing New England summer with plentiful writing time, encouraging workshops, homemade meals, and time to relax. Scholarships available. Register early and save: www.stockton.edu/murphywriting. 

GREATER PHILADELPHIA Wordshop Studio supports writers in the development of their individual voices and practice of their craft. Workshops in Center City and Delaware County, PA, following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method. Writers of all ages, levels of experience, and genres welcome. Phone: (610) 853-0296. E-mail: ah@philawordshop.com. Website: www.philawordshop.com. 

HELLBENDER GATHERING OF POETS. Inaugural gathering is October 5–11 in Black Mountain, NC. Faculty poets are David Baker, Camille T. Dungy, Jane Hirshfield, and Tim Seibles, plus special guest David George Haskell. Join us for a week of writing workshops, craft lectures, readings, campfires, and walks led by local ecologists. Poetry + environmental science + community = a joyful rising in our climate-changed world. Rolling application from April 13 to May 11. Visit www.hellbenderpoets.org for more info. Follow @hellbenderpoets. 

HUMBER SCHOOL FOR WRITERS Summer Workshop. Build your writing community and toolkit through workshops and expert feedback from writers and publishing professionals. Tuition: $1,200 CAD. Join us at our scenic Toronto Lakeshore Campus this July. Affordable short-term rentals available through our on-campus residence. Website: humberwritersworkshop.ca. 

INTO THE SPRINGS Writers Workshop, August 7–9. Sessions. Writing. Private critiques. A weekend in shared interactive sessions with dark fantasy, horror, movie tie-in author Tim Waggoner & essayist, award-winning poet Julie L. Moore. Mills Park Hotel in the unique village of Yellow Springs, OH. Registration closes July 30. Website: www.intothespringswritersworkshop.com. 

JOIN A WRITING COMMUNITY. Share your poetry, stories, or book chapters. Get feedback for your writing. Enter contests with cash prizes. Make friends who love writing. First month just $1.99! Website: fanstory.com. 

THE MONTMATRE WORKSHOP: Masterclasses with acclaimed authors in a Montmartre atelier in Paris: Gwendoline Riley - Catherine Barnett - Hisham Matar - Aysegül Savas - Bradford Morrow - Colombe Schneck - Peter Godwin. For more information: www.themontmartreworkshop.com and to register: themontmartreworkshop@gmail.com. 

WRITING CO-LAB provides dynamic classes in every genre to deepen your craft, affordable accountability groups that foster community, and one-on-one programs designed to meet your personal creative needs. We are cooperatively run by artists committed to the joyous power of the written word. Learn more at https://www.writingco-lab.com/.