Hippocampus Magazine & Books is a creative nonfiction hub publishing essays, flash CNF, reviews, interviews, and craft articles while building community through readings, workshops, and the HippoCamp conference. #CreativeNonfiction #LiteraryMagazine #WritingLife

Discover new releases from members of the Colorado Authors League, a longtime organization supporting published writers through professional development, visibility, and community. Browse the latest books and learn more about CAL. #ColoradoAuthorsLeague #WritingCommunity #BookNews

Next week is the deadline to send your poetry, fiction, essays, and more to Able Muse for publication consideration in the Winter 2026/2027 issue. Check out past issues and submit your work today. No reading fee. Deadline: July 15, 2026. #writers #litmag #callforsubmissions

Indie chapbook publisher & #litmag Palooka is open to creative works year-round. They do charge a fee. They want daring prose, art, photography, comics, & chapbooks. The work they publish is drawn exclusively from unsolicited submissions. #writers #callforsubmissions

Happy Monday! This means you can look forward the NewPages Newsletter hitting your inboxes at 4PM EST with new inspiration, great lit, & 130+ submission opportunities. Haven't subscribed yet? Learn more here: open.substack.com/pub/newpages.... #literarycommunity

Submit your poetry chapbook to The Tusculum Review Prize! ✍️ Win $1,500, publication, and a live launch. Deadline June 15. $20 fee. Judge: Nate Marshall #PoetryLife #WritingContest #AmWriting

Submit your poetry to Nine Mile Literary Magazine by August 31! 📖 A home for powerful, inclusive work—plus the Propel initiative spotlighting poets with disabilities. #PoetrySubmissions #LitMag #AmWriting @ninemilemag.bsky.social

Discover fresh reads from the Colorado Authors League! 📚 Explore May 2026 new releases across genres, from children’s to literary fiction and beyond. See what members are publishing now. #AmReading #IndieAuthors #NewBooks

$2,000 + publication in THREE genres? Yes please. New Letters Literary Awards are open for short fiction, essays, & poetry through May 18. All entries considered for publication. Multiple entries welcome. 🏆 $24 fee. #writers #litmag #writingcontest

Got 15–30 pages of poems that challenge and capture the imagination? Submit to the 2026 Cow Creek Chapbook Prize for a chance at $1,000 + 25 author copies of your published chapbook. Deadline May 15. $15 fee. #poets #poetrycontest

Lost Kite Editions Chapbook Prize is open! Any genre welcome—fiction, poetry, CNF, hybrid & more. Win $1,500 + 20 contributor copies + publication in 2027. Final judge: Hanif Abdurraqib. Submit manuscripts by May 15, 2026. #writers #writingcontest

The Press 53 Award for Poetry offers $1,000 + publication + 53 author copies for an outstanding unpublished poetry manuscript. One judge. One vision. $30 reading fee. Winner announced by Nov. 1. Deadline: July 31. #poets #poetrycontest

Palooka publishes daring prose, poetry, art, photography, comics & chapbooks — all from unsolicited submissions. They champion underdog voices & read anonymously. Bold voices. Brave stories. Year-round submissions. Reading fee varies. #CallForSubmissions #writers

The Colorado Authors League (est. 1931) supports published writers & connects them with readers. Check out new releases from CAL members by checking out their eLitPak flyer! #IndieAuthors #ColoradoWriters

swamp pink no. 24 is online for readers to enjoy new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry exploring aspects of the human experience. Read more at NewPages! #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity @swamp_pink

🎓 Attention Students! Mistake House is looking for inventive poetry, fiction, & photography for Issue 12. 🌎 Open to: Undergrad/Grad students worldwide 💰 Prize: Three $100 Editors’ Prizes 📅 Deadline: March 15 #StudentWriter #Photography #LitMag

Vita Poetica Journal Winter 2026 is now online for readers who are seeking arts and literature to help them break out of their 'immobilities.' Read more at NewPages! #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity

Apply today for seven weeks of uninterrupted writing time in Orlando, FL where Jack Kerouac write The Dharma Bums. You get the house to yourself, $600 grocery stipend, + paid utilities. Apply by April 14. There is a fee. @kerouacproject.bsky.social #writers #writingresidency

New Lit on the Block introduces: The Fool’s World, a waystation for travelers wanting to be transported to another new yet familiar place through fiction, nonfiction, nonfiction travel flash, poetry, and book reviews. #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity @RaleighReview

The Winter 2026 issue of Baltimore Review is now online, open-access for readers to enjoy new creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, as well as contest winners selected by final judge Mandy Moe Pwint Tu. #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity

bioStories posts new literary essays each week creating word portraits about ordinary and influential lives. Read more at NewPages! #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity

Mudfish 25 features the winner and runners up of their 18th poetry prize judged by Vijay Seshadri as well as many Mudfish favorites and artwork by Jack Pierson throughout. #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity

L’Esprit Literary Review seeks entries for the Leopold Bloom Prize. Open to short stories or novel excerpts challenging literary convention & showcasing risk-adept narration. $800 in prizes, $10 fee. Deadline: December 7. Judge: Michael Nath. #writers #litmag #writingcontest @lespritlit.bsky.social

Just dropped: November releases from Colorado Authors League! From thrillers to children's books, discover fresh reads from local talent. #NewBooks #BookReleases #AmReading

The 2River View Fall 2025 issue is now online for readers to enjoy new works of poetry that can be downloaded into a booklet format. #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity @2weetRiver

Kevin Brown reviews Charlotte McConaghy's newest novel 'Wild Dark Shore,' about a family living on a remote island confronting personal secrets and a changing world. #bookreviews #booknews #fiction #readingcommunity @kevinbrownwrites

The summer Fox Tales Prize from Black Fox Literary Magazine is themed "Feast"! Enter fiction, nonfiction, & poetry by August 31. $12 fee. Prize: $325 + publication. Plus, register for their September Lunch Break Writing Sessions. #writers #writingcontest #litmag

Learn more about Colorado Authors League, devoted to promoting its authors while connecting with & adding value to the reading world + see new releases from its members. #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

'Fragments of Cerulean' is a new collection of short stories by Neal H. Paris that explore the fragile nature of identity and the haunting echoes of loss, transformation, and fear. #booknews #newreleases #fiction #readingcommunity

Zone 3 online literary journal is now available for readers to enjoy, featuring Editors Prize winners and plenty of fresh new works to fire up your summer reading! https://www.newpages.com/blog/magazines/magazine-stand/zone-3-issue-39-1/ #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity @zone3press