Is your writing out in the world? Ready to try submitting this month? Is your website or blog looking for contributors? Please let us know what you’re looking for and we’ll share it here. @@@ Will You Submit in March 2026? You’re looking for places to submit your writing? Will any of these work
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Winter 2026 ~~ Marketing Advice and Tools
Do you have marketing advice to share that will be useful to authors? Is your advice clear and inexpensive for a writer to use? Do you have something original to share? Please query telling us briefly what you’d like to share and what your background is. Please use the contact box towards the bottom
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Winter 2026 Hooked on Books
Murder Your Darlings Written by Jenna Blum ISBN-13 : 978-0063448087 Harper (January 13, 2026) Motives, Revenge, and the Story Behind the Story What makes creativity flow? What blocks it? Whether you’re a writer, a painter, a sculptor, a filmmaker, a musician, or any other creative, you undoubtedly have an answer to the first question
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Interviews — Winter 2026
“One of the best rewards of reading fiction, whether set in the present or the past, is to renew our faith in humanity, which we truly need at the present moment.” ~~H. Lee Barnes People Write in Paragraphs and Speak in Sentences I thought I was done with WW II books until I read H.
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Winter 2026 ~~ Writing Advice
Writing Towards an Ending Sometimes it’s easier to write if you know how the story ends. Other times it’s easier to write when you know what will happen. Pick an ending line from the list below. (These are collected from a variety of sources and different ones will resonate with different writers.) If you were
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2025 Flash Prose Winners
The Contest Winners Are Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin Writer Advice had to make some tough choices to select this year’s winners of our Flash Prose Contest. You’ll find we’re sharing all kinds of stories. The winners are listed below along with the dates when their pieces will appear. The first piece is
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What is Flash Memoir? Everybody has great stories to tell. What’s yours? A flash memoir shows readers how you (the narrator) experienced and reacted to a turning point in your life. Write about something that changed the way you viewed yourself or your world. Show what happened and how it affected you. Invite us into your
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Fall 2025 ~~ Contests, Markets, and Publishing Ideas
Where do you submit your writing? Thank you to AuthorsPublish.com for sharing these opportunities. Plott Hound This is a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry starring animals. Deadline: 15 December 2025 Length: 1,000-5,000 words (prefer 3,000-4,000 words) for fiction, up to 5 poems, 1,000-2,500 words for essay Pay: $0.08/word for stories, $50 for poetry, $100 for
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Fall 2025 ~~ Hooked on Books
When publishers send us books, we read and review, always looking for what will appeal to readers. What genres do you like to read? Are you a book reviewer? Let us know. Please contact us using the box at the bottom of the home page. Thanks! The Blonde Who Came In From The Cold Written
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Fall 2025 ~~ Writing Advice
End of 2025 Writing Prompts Start with an element of a picture below that appeals to you. Add what you need to turn it into a story. Share below if you’re courageous and/or confident or if you want to hear what we love in the writing. OR combine all three photos into one
Read MoreFall 2025 ~~ Contests and Markets
Some December Contests—for those of you pragmatic enough to keep writing through the holidays. With thanks to Erika Dreyfus, a writer, teacher, and literary consultant whose books include Birthright: Poems and Quiet Americans: Stories. A fellow in the Sami Rohr Jewish Literary Institute and an adjunct associate professor at Baruch College/CUNY, she lives in New York. Please visit ErikaDreifus.com to
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Fall 2025 Interviews
“Don’t be afraid to reach out to other writers you admire or to someone who you think might be interested in your work and share it – with enthusiasm and confidence.” Stacy Waldman Bass Keeping Their Light and Legacies Alive An interview with Stacy Waldman Bass Lightkeeper: A Memoir Through the Lens of Love and
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