7 Weeks and 3 Days to 2025
Authortunities #87 │November 9—December 7
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for a new year. It was a tough week for the US. Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, things are tense. I woke up on November 5 and wondered what it will mean to be from the United States a year from now. No matter how we feel about current events, we are writers and united by a common experience. It’s up to us to keep the light on.
The Authortunities Expo was a bright spot for me. With 12 events that lasted all day, chat never stopped. This event was an exercise in chaos the day before as I figured out all the bugs, but the event itself went smoothly. The next Expo will be March 20 with the theme of “Finding the Fortune in Your Fiction.” You can still watch for free until December 2 at authortunitieshub.com.
If I exist on two hemispheres simultaneously can I move to have the March 20 equinox/solstice combined and just call it the Solquinox? It has a nice ring…
🌳What’s in this issue?
Congratulations to Phill Bradley who just published Back End of the Bell Curve: Tales of the Uncommonly Unlucky! His book is part of the November NeighborHub Book Fair! Find it here.
I’ll be one of the international poets reading for C.C. Ashagra’s annual event at the Cornwall Library to celebrate International Poetry Day.
I’m going to be on Sunday’s “This Week In Indies” talking about The Idioms of Space Opera vs Space Fantasy with host Joe Compton, SM Hillman, Steffanie Costigan, Brad Anderson and Claudia Blood. You can watch it live or catch the replay here.
Want to know what’s in your writing future?
has daily astrology readings for writers. Do the stars align for your latest WIP? Find out here.- has a reflective, first-person post this week that contemplates the journey of a poet’s life with “Starter Poetry: Growing Up As A Poet.” Read it here.
Melissa Allred explores the idea that, since COVID, the value of the handshake may be in decline in “Has the Handshake Lost Its Grip? Exploring the Evolution of Our Most Meaningful Gesture.” An interesting idea I hadn’t pondered until now. Read it here.
Over on BrandStack,
rounds up the best of the week, including Kim Doyal’s “Visual Guide to Substack” and Katie Brinkley on community over clicks on social media. Read it here.- shares his video, “Unlock Speaker Success Now! Indie Authors Share Secrets” to discover how authors Matty Dalrymple and Michael La Ronn turned their writing careers into speaking success with insights from their book From Page to Platform. Learn how to define your message, land paid speaking gigs, and captivate audiences. Watch his video here.
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🟢 opening subs
🔴 closing subs
⭐ networking
💼 conference
🎤 open mics
🎓 education
♻️ reprints
🏆 awards
💰 grants
🟢 BookLife runs the Indie Spotlight feature, a thematic roundup of self-published books from a broad range of genres and topics, both online and in print in Publishers Weekly magazine. Each Indie Spotlight is open to all types of books as long as they match the month's topic. Submit your works of History until November 1.
https://booklife.com/about-us/booklife-s-indie-spotlight.html
🟢 NOV 9 · Reedsy Prompts is open until the following Friday for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59 pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #ReedsyOctober to share your creepy tales (and potentially be featured on on Reedsy social accounts)! This week’s prompt is: Unlikely Encounters with Narratively 🎲.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🟢 NOV 9 · Spooky Magazine is open until January 1 for submissions for their Spring/Summer 2024 issue, seeking cozy, classic, and whimsical horror stories with a twist. Stories should be under 5,000 words, with a sweet spot around 2,500-3,000 words. Payment is $0.01 per word, plus a contributor’s copy. Horror-themed haiku submissions are also welcome. Payment is .01 USD per word.
https://spooky-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
🎓 NOV 9 · Celebrating Authors Summit: Speaking to Amplify Your Message Would Speaking Enhance Your Career & Book? Have you written your book to introduce yourself and your expertise to a particular audience? Would speaking to that audience about your book concepts help move your career forward? Learn tips and advice from speaking professionals to help you. Free to attend live.
https://go.eventraptor.com/summit/copy-of-celebrating-summit-2411-1/angelayurikosmith
⭐🎤 NOV 10 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ NOV 10 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
⭐🎓💼 NOV 11-15 · Author Nation Join fellow writers and authors at Author Nation 2024, an annual event designed to empower and connect independent authors worldwide. This year's event will feature industry-leading speakers, hands-on workshops, networking opportunities, and much more to help authors navigate the publishing world and grow their careers. Perfect for both emerging and seasoned writers looking to take their authorpreneurship to the next level. Digital Visas start at $249.99.
https://www.authornation.live/
⭐🎓 NOV 12 · Black Lawrence Press presents Alyse Bensel – Imagined Futures, Remembered Pasts: Poems that Face Climate Crises at 8 pm EST. Attendance is free. Zoom registration required.
https://blacklawrencepress.com/events/
🔴 NOV 14 · Apparition Lit’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest closes for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Stews, Soups and Curries.” The writer of the selected story will be notified and their story published the following month. The prize is $30 USD.
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🔴♻️ NOV 15 · Luna Station Quarterly closes for “speculative fiction written by women-identified authors” from 500 to 7000 words. Reprints considered at least 3 years past their initial publication date. No poetry. $10 USD plus a lifetime digital subscription to the magazine.
https://submissions.lunastationpress.com/
🔴 NOV 15 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
🟢🏆 NOV 15 - JAN 31 · The Terry J. Cox Poetry Award by Regal House Publishing is open for submissions! This award seeks an outstanding poetry manuscript, with the winner receiving $1,000 and publication in 2027. Manuscripts should be between 48-100 pages. A $25 submission fee applies.
https://regalhousepublishing.com/the-terry-j-cox-poetry-award/
🟢 NOV 15 · Star*Line, the official print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA), is a literary venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts. The site features interviews, articles, reviews, member news and letters, association business, and poetry. Star*Line is open for submissions year-round. Payment for poetry: 4¢/word rounded to next dollar, minimum $4. Nonfiction, 1¢/word rounded to the next dollar. Reviews pay a flat fee of $4.
https://www.sfpoetry.com/starline.html
⭐🎓 NOV 15 · Rattle Magazine’s livestream Poetry Critique of the Week Rattle's editor hosts a livestreamed poetry critique on YouTube and Facebook, offering suggestions and feedback. The viewing audience is encouraged to participate. The goal is to help us all become better poets through the honest sharing of our reactions, similar to the experience of an MFA roundtable workshop. Critique of the Week at 4 pm EST.
https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🟢 NOV 15 · Reedsy Prompts calls for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🎓 NOV 15 · The Arcane University offers valuable video game development skills, including game writing, from experienced modders and industry professionals. In collaboration with TESRenewal, the AU aims to provide teaching and support to any and all members and applicants to help them to acquire, expand, or improve the skill set needed to contribute to Beyond Skyrim and/or their partnered modding projects. In addition, it serves as the primary location for learning or enhancing existing skills for the wider modding community, becoming the go-to place for anyone looking to learn. Free.
🎓 NOV 16 · Celebrating Authors Summit: Getting Your Book To Your Audience How Do You Sell Your Books? Our speakers share their tips and strategies to help you find ways to get your book into your audience's hands. Whether your target audience is massive or small, building your distribution strategy either before or during your writing process will help you be ready when your book is published. Free to attend live.
https://go.eventraptor.com/summit/copy-of-celebrating-summit-2411-2/angelayurikosmith
⭐🎤 NOV 17 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ NOV 17 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
🎓 NOV 19 · Getting Your Book Published—John/Shannon Raab is the latest offering from the Outliers Online Ongoing Writers Conference where all classes are taught by working, best-selling authors with two classes per month, every month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 4 pm PST. “You've written a book, now you need an agent or a publisher and don't know where to go or what to do. We will teach you how to avoid common mistakes and give you a road map to follow and help navigate around the publishing business.“ Costs $45.
https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/ongoingconference
🔴 NOV 22 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
⭐🎓 NOV 22 · Rattle Magazine’s livestream Poetry Critique of the Week Rattle's editor hosts a livestreamed poetry critique on YouTube and Facebook, offering suggestions and feedback. The viewing audience is encouraged to participate. The goal is to help us all become better poets through the honest sharing of our reactions, similar to the experience of an MFA roundtable workshop. Critique of the Week at 4 pm EST.
https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🟢 NOV 22 · Reedsy Prompts calls for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🎓 NOV 23 · Celebrating Authors Summit: Creative Ways to Monetize Your Book You've worked hard to organize the concepts in your book into a logical order. You've massaged the language, and you've created a visual representation of your book. Now what?! If you want to serve your audience in expanded ways beyond just reading your book, what are your options? Check out our speakers as they share their experience, positive and negative, of options they've explored. Free to attend live.
https://go.eventraptor.com/summit/copy-of-celebrating-summit-2411-3/angelayurikosmith
⭐🎤 NOV 24 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ NOV 24 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
🔴 NOV 25 · Off Topic Publishing’s Poetry Box closes to submissions of poetry to be sent out as a physical card with tea and chocolate to subscribers. Payment is for $30 CAD.
https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/
🔴 NOV 26 · Every Day Fiction closes for winter and holiday stories up to 1000 words. Payment is $3 USD. “All fiction genres are acceptable, and stories that don’t fit neatly into any genre are welcome too.”
https://everydayfiction.submittable.com/submit
🔴 NOV 29 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
⭐🎓 NOV 29 · Rattle Magazine’s livestream Poetry Critique of the Week Rattle's editor hosts a livestreamed poetry critique on YouTube and Facebook, offering suggestions and feedback. The viewing audience is encouraged to participate. The goal is to help us all become better poets through the honest sharing of our reactions, similar to the experience of an MFA roundtable workshop. Critique of the Week at 4 pm EST.
https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🟢 NOV 29 · Reedsy Prompts calls for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🔴 NOV 30 · The Other Stories Podcast closes for 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of BLEEDING HEARTS. “Profound love, romance, sacrifice, and the most cutting of heartbreaks.” Payment is $15 GBP.
https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
🔴 NOV 30 · Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Anthology of Workplace Horror from Whisper House Press closes their extended deadline for historically marginalized voices of submissions of short stories up to 4k on the theme of workplace horror. Payment is 6 cents per word. Special extended deadline of November 30 for historically marginalized voices
🏆🔴 DEC 1 · The W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections by Regal House Publishing closes. This prestigious award celebrates a masterfully crafted short story collection. The winning manuscript will be published in 2026/7, and the author will receive a $1,000 prize. Submissions must be between 100-350 pages and submitted via Submittable. A $25 entry fee applies.
https://regalhousepublishing.com/the-w-s-porter-prize/
🟢 DEC 1 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge opens until the last day of the month for ekphrastic poetry in response to selected visual art posted on their page. Two winners receive $100 and publication online.
https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🟢 DEC 1 - JAN 31 · EVENT Magazine is open for submissions of fiction and poetry. Known for publishing compelling, lyrical, and profound works, they welcome submissions from new and established writers alike. Non-fiction submissions are accepted via their annual contest only. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but only one submission at a time per genre. Payment is $40/page, up to a maximum of $500 for poetry, $35/page, up to a maximum of $500 for prose and $200 along with two copies of the issue for cover art.
https://eventmagazine.submittable.com/submit
🟢 DEC 1 · Apparition Lit’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest opens until December 14 for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Fast or Feast.” The writer of the selected story will be notified and their story published the following month. The prize is $30 USD.
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🟢 DEC 1 · The Forge Literary Magazine calls for fiction and nonfiction under 3,000 words including flash and micro fiction for $100 flat rate until the free submissions quota is full. “If there is no free link, we’ve hit our quota.”
https://forgelitmag.com/submit/
🟢 DEC 1 · Diet Milk Magazine, a “biannual literary magazine devoted to Gothic” opens until January 8, 2025 for submissions of “poetry, prose, and visual art of all kinds.” Payment is $15 per poem, $0.01 per word ($40 minimum) for short stories, and $50 per art piece.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/diet-milk-magazine-rv29z
🟢 DEC 1 · Event Magazine opens for poetry until January 31 or “when our allowable unpaid submission limit is reached (whichever comes first).” Payment is $40 (CAD) per page.
https://eventmagazine.submittable.com/submit
🟢 DEC 1 · Off Topic Publishing’s Poetry Box opens to submissions of poetry until the 25th of the month. Selected poems to be sent as a physical card with tea and chocolate to subscribers. Payment is for $30 CAD.
https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/
🟢 DEC 1 · Strange Horizons opens for speculative poetry submissions year-round, including at times when Strange Horizons is closed to fiction submissions. The editors operate on a rotation system, so the person who reads and replies to your poem will depend on when you send it. Payment is $50 USD per poem, regardless of length or complexity.
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/poetry-submission-guidelines/
🟢 DEC 1 · Bourbon Penn opens now for 2000-7500 word “highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd… looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal." Payment is .04 cents per word.
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
🟢 DEC 1 · Event Poetry and Prose opens free submissions for poetry and prose. Payment is $40/page for poetry and $35/page for prose, up to a maximum of $500.
https://www.eventmagazine.ca/submit/
🟢 DEC 1 · The Cincinnati Review opens to submissions of miCRo, poetry, fiction, fiction translations, literary nonfiction, poetry translations, and drama until they hit the submissions cap for that period. Payment of $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry in the print journal and $25 for miCRo posts or special features.
https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021/
🟢 DEC 1 · The Other Stories Podcast opens until December 31 for 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of FOUND FOOTAGE. Bring us stories from lost tapes, forgotten diaries, old film, banned video games, or wherever else you might find strange echoes in lost media.” Payment is $15 GBP.
https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
🟢 DEC 1 · Split Lip Magazine opens tip jar submissions until December 15 for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, interviews/reviews, and mini-reviews until December 15. Payment is $75 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, and art, $50 for interviews/reviews, and $25 for mini-reviews.
https://splitlipthemag.com/submit
🟢 DEC 1 · Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter calls for monthly themed submissions from newsletter subscribers only (free to subscribe) up to 1k words for $0.08 per word USD for original fiction.
https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
🟢 DEC 1 · Cincinnati Review seeks prose, poetry, and art. Opens December 1 deadline when submissions cap is filled. Payment is $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry in the journal.
https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021-2/
🟢♻️ DEC 1 · Short Story on Substack opens for short stories from 6-10,000 words in any genre. Payment is $100 + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Selected story to be announced on the 15th. Reprints welcome.
https://shortstory.substack.com/
🟢♻️ DEC 1-2 · Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores opens for new work, reprints, poetry (up to 40 lines) and prose from 1,000 words and up. Payment is .08 per word for new fiction, .02 per word for reprints, .02-.08 for new fact based work, .01-.04 for reprinted fact based work, $1 per line for original poetry, .50 per line for reprinted poetry. No simultaneous or multiple submissions.
https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
🟢 DEC 1 - DEC 7 · A Coup of Owls is open for submissions for its Spring Issue! They seek stories from underrepresented and marginalized communities across genres and styles, with a preference for unique storytelling approaches, including non-linear narratives and ambiguous endings. Accepted pieces range from 100-word drabbles to 8,000-word short stories. Payment rates are £5 for drabbles, £10 for flash fiction (up to 1,000 words), and £15 for short stories over 4,000 words.
https://acoupofowls.com/submissions/
🟢 DEC 1 - 4 · Stone’s Throw by Rock and a Hard Place Press is open for submissions! This monthly publication seeks dark fiction, crime, and noir stories of 1,000-2,000 words that align with their monthly theme prompt. Each accepted story is published online and receives a payment of $25, with annual print anthology inclusion. Check the website for the latest prompt and theme details.
https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw-submissions
🔴 DEC 1 · African Poetry Book Fund Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry closes for entries. An African poet is awarded a prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Nebraska Press annually for a debut poetry collection. Writers who were born in Africa, are African nationals or residents, or whose parents are African are eligible. The African Poetry Book Fund editorial board will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 50 pages. There is no entry fee.
http://africanpoetrybf.unl.edu
🔴 DEC 1 · Slipstream Press Poetry Chapbook Contest closes for submissions. A prize of $1,000, publication by Slipstream Press, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of up to 40 pages with a $20 entry fee, which includes a copy of the winning chapbook and an issue of Slipstream.
🔴 DEC 1 · Pushcart Press Pushcart Prizes closes for nominations. Publication in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses is awarded annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction published by literary magazines or small presses during the current year. Editors may nominate up to six poems, short stories, novel chapters, or essays published, or scheduled to be published, in 2024. There is no entry fee.
🔴 DEC 1 · Parabola, a quarterly journal, is exploring the theme “THE MYSTERY OF TIME” for its Spring 2025 issue. They welcome submissions in various categories, including articles, translations, retellings, and poetry. Payment details are unspecified. Submit your work at
https://parabola.org/submissions/
🔴 DEC 1 · Eternal Haunted Summer is reading work on the 'Fortune and Luck' theme for its publication. “Improbable events. Random associations, positive and negative. Is it chance or is it divine intervention?” They seek fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and reviews. Payment is $5.
https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/about/
🔴 DEC 1 · Death in the Mouth Anthology is accepting horror fiction submissions showcasing BIPOC and ethnically marginalized writers. Word limit: 1,000-6,000 words. Payment is $0.08/word.
https://airtable.com/appQuqQvhAiUm3rGs/shrpyUTmVkbqjxYAv
⭐🎤 DEC 1 · Rattlecast livestreams, is part interview and open mic with a prompt-based open mic. Hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and Katie Dozier. Each Rattlecast begins with an interview, a writing prompt, and poets reading from the last week’s prompt. | Rattlecast at 8 pm EST.
⭐ DEC 1 · GoIndieNow presents This Week In Indies for 2024 a weekly Sunday chat show that covers issues relevant for Indie artists and the scoop on who is publishing what and where you can get it. Broadcasting every Sunday at Noon ET/11a CT/10a MT/9a PT.
🟢 DEC 2 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry challenge calls for poems inspired by a visual art prompt posted on their site. Poets have until the end of the month to write. Two winners will receive online publication and $100 each. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🟢 DEC 2 · Cincinnati Review seeks prose, poetry, and art. Opens December 1 deadline when submissions cap is filled. Payment is $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry in the journal.
https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021-2/
🟢♻️ DEC 2 · Short Story on Substack opens for short stories from 6-10,000 words in any genre. Payment is $100 + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Selected story to be announced on the 15th. Reprints welcome.
https://shortstory.substack.com/
🎓 DEC 3 · Marketing: Your Online Presence and Other Marketing Strategies—John/Shannon Raab is the latest offering from the Outliers Online Ongoing Writers Conference where all classes are taught by working, best-selling authors with two classes per month, every month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 4 pm PST. “Writing the book is the easy part, getting people to buy it is the hard part." That's the issue with almost every author in the business, how to get new fans. We will give you tips and ideas on how to make yourself a brand and gain new followers.” Costs $45.
https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/ongoingconference
🔴 DEC 4 · Stone’s Throw by Rock and a Hard Place Press is closed for submissions. This monthly publication seeks dark fiction, crime, and noir stories of 1,000-2,000 words that align with their monthly theme prompt. Each accepted story is published online and receives a payment of $25, with annual print anthology inclusion. Check the website for the latest prompt and theme details.
https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw-submissions
🔴 DEC 5 · The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project closes for submissions. NO ENTRY FEE. Two J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards, each $25,000, to aid in completing significant works of nonfiction on American political or social topics. Applicants must have a U.S.-based publisher contract. Judges consider impact on the book project and financial need of the author.
https://journalism.columbia.edu/lukas
🔴🏆 DEC 6 · The Edgar® Awards, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America, honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater. Submissions close for books published in October thru December. Books must be submitted during the month of publication. In addition, the book MUST arrive to the judges within 30 days of sending the submission form to the national office.
https://mysterywriters.org/edgars/edgar-submission-information/
🔴 DEC 6 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a free print magazine subscription. Each week's deadline is Friday midnight PST.
https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
🟢 DEC 6 · Reedsy Prompts calls for short fiction between 1,000 - 3,000 words based on one of five prompts. Writers have until the following Friday at 11.59pm EST to enter. No fee to enter and have work posted. $5 fee to be eligible for the $250 cash prize. New prompt every Friday.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
⭐🎓 DEC 6 · Rattle Magazine’s livestream Poetry Critique of the Week Rattle's editor hosts a livestreamed poetry critique on YouTube and Facebook, offering suggestions and feedback. The viewing audience is encouraged to participate. The goal is to help us all become better poets through the honest sharing of our reactions, similar to the experience of an MFA roundtable workshop. Critique of the Week at 4 pm EST.
https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🔴 DEC 7 · A Coup of Owls closes for submissions for its Spring Issue. They seek stories from underrepresented and marginalized communities across genres and styles, with a preference for unique storytelling approaches, including non-linear narratives and ambiguous endings. Accepted pieces range from 100-word drabbles to 8,000-word short stories. Payment rates are £5 for drabbles, £10 for flash fiction (up to 1,000 words), and £15 for short stories over 4,000 words.
https://acoupofowls.com/submissions/
Always Open ♾️
🟢♾️ · Bad Day Book is currently accepting poetry and prose submissions with themes specified on their site. They offer payment ranging from $40 to $75, depending on length.
https://thebaddaybook.com/faq/
🟢♾️ · New Orleans Review is always open for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions. Payment is $300 for nonfiction and fiction prose and $100 for poetry regardless of word counts.
https://www.neworleansreview.org/submit/
🟢♾️ · Griffith Review is always open for nonfiction and fiction submissions on the theme "No Place Like Home," what it means to us, why it matters and how it shapes our sense of self. Payment is $0.75 AUD per word for fiction and nonfiction, $200 AUD per poem and $500 per piece AUD per work commissioned for GR Online.
https://www.griffithreview.com/submit-to-griffith-review/
🟢♾️ · Breath & Shadow is always open for submissions from people with disabilities, broadly defined, encompassing physical, mental, emotional, cognitive, or sensory impairments that significantly affect major life functions. They welcome poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama on any topic, with a focus on disability-related academic or article-type nonfiction. Payment is $20 for poetry and $30 for prose.
https://www.abilitymaine.org/submission-guidelines
🟢♾️ · Craft is always open for “fiction and creative nonfiction, as well as craft essays and interviews.” They offer free submissions with fast response times for BIPOC and other mis- and underrepresented writers. Craft pays $100 for flash and $200 for short fiction and creative nonfiction.
https://craft.submittable.com/submit
🟢 ♾️ · Every Day Fiction is always open for flash fiction up to 1000 words. Payment $3 USD. “All fiction genres are acceptable, and stories that don’t fit neatly into any genre are welcome too.”
https://everydayfiction.submittable.com/submit
🟢♾️ · The Gay & Lesbian Review is always open for “unsolicited manuscripts and proposals on all LGBT-related topics.” Payment is $250 for features.
https://glreview.org/writers-guidelines-for-submission/
🟢♾️ · Reappropriate, an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) race advocacy and feminism blog is always open for pitches on topics such as race, gender, identity, Asian American history, and current events. They pay $75-150 for 800 to 2,500 words.
http://reappropriate.co/submit-writing/
🟢♾️ · Tagg Magazine, a US-based queer women's publication, is always open for pitches on various themes, including personal essays, listicles, dating advice, and fashion-related content. Articles are 350-1,000 words long and pay $75-175. They also welcome pitches for article ideas.
https://taggmagazine.com/contribute/
🟢♾️ · Torch Literary Arts is always open for creative writing by Black women for their Friday Features. “We are interested in work that challenges and disrupts preconceived notions of what contemporary writing by Black women should be” in fiction, hybrid works, poetry, and drama, including pieces accompanied by video or dramatic audio. Payment is $150.
https://torchliteraryarts.submittable.com/submit
🟢♾️ · Solarpunk Magazine is always open for nonfiction that will “stir readers with themes of defiance, change, and achievement.” Payment is $75 for nonfiction.
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
🟢♾️ · Bourbon Penn seeks “highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd” from 2000 - 7500 words for 4¢ / word.
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
🟢♾️ · Orion's Beau is open until September 10 for LGBTQ science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, and dark fantasy in fiction, poetry, and art. Payment is $3.
https://www.orionsbeau.com/arts-and-literary-submissions
🟢♾️ · Electric Spec closes to speculative fiction stories of “science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre” between 250 and 7000 words for their next issue. Payment is $20 per piece.
http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
🟢♾️ · Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern is open to unpublished fiction up to 10k words. Snail mail submissions. Payment is $400.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/guidelines-for-quarterly-submissions
🟢♾️ · Star*Line, the official print journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA), is a literary venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts, and features interviews, articles, reviews, member news and letters, association business, and poetry. Star*Line is open for submissions year-round. Payment for poetry: 4¢/word rounded to next dollar, minimum $4. Nonfiction, 1¢/word rounded to the next dollar. Reviews pay a flat fee of $4.
https://www.sfpoetry.com/starline.html
🟢♻️♾️ · Samovar, published by Strange Horizons, seeks speculative fiction, review-essays, poetry, interview/conversations, and reprints in translation. Payment for fiction is 8 US cents per word to the author, and 8 US cents per word to the translator. Payment for reprints is a flat $100 USD to the author and $100 USD to the translator. Payments for poetry is $40 USD to the author and $40 USD to the translator. Payment for interview/conversations is $40 USD to each participant. Payment for review-essays is $40 USD.
http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/submit/
🟢♾️ · Strange Horizons is open for speculative poetry submissions year-round, including at times when Strange Horizons is closed to fiction submissions. The editors operate on a rotation system, so the person who reads and replies to your poem will depend on when you send it. Payment is $50 USD per poem, regardless of length or complexity.
http://strangehorizons.com/submit/poetry-submission-guidelines/
🟢♾️ The SFWA Blog is open to pitches for original nonfiction articles on topics that might be of interest to new and/or established creators of science fiction and fantasy. SFWA welcomes pitches from both members and nonmembers. Black, Indigenous, and other writers of color, and writers of other under-represented identities, are encouraged to submit article pitches. Payment: 10 cents/word.
https://www.sfwa.org/sfwa-publications/sfwa-blog-guidelines/
Thanks so much for the shout-out! I'm going to be doing more videos on Substack in 2025, so this is only my warning shot. haha
It's a beautiful day for lucky breaks and angelic guidance with Moon in Aquarius in harmony with Jupiter in Gemini. ;) And here I find this wonderful mention at the start of the OG Authortunities. <3
Lovely! Thank you for this and for offering such an amazing collection of writing opportunities to everyone!