$35: HWA Poetry Showcase Shells Out!
Authortunities #53│March 23—April 20
Big news! The HWA Poetry Showcase XI is now paying $35 for horror and dark poetry up to 35 lines! This is up from $10 last year (and $5 before that!). Edited by Maxwell I. Gold and published by Authortunities Press, submissions open for members of the Horror Writers Association from April 1 until May 1. To join the HWA, visit the Horror Writers Association website for details.
🔗Visit here for all the HWA Showcase XI details.
If you follow my blog, you may have witnessed me being very dramatic over what I thought was the loss of our dog companion Chief. I even wrote my first haibun to mourn his decline. You can read the whole thing, On Losing a Friend, here. Trigger warning for sadness.
The good news: it looks like Chief will be with us for a few more years… but it took a big dent out of our finances. To recover, I’m offering a 15 Point Analysis/Critique for $15. This 15-point poetry critique covers essential elements of poetry such as imagery, tone, structure and theme, to provide personalized feedback on your work.
Poems limited to 35 lines or 500 words for prose forms, any form. Your poetry analysis/critique will be returned to you within two weeks. You are free to use any part in your social media and as a blurb.
The points I will touch on are Title Analysis, Theme, Tone/Mood Assessment, Structural Analysis, Language/Diction, Imagery/Sensory Details, Figurative Language, Sound Devices, Rhythm and Meter, Symbolism and Metaphor, Perspective and Voice, Cultural, Historical, and/or Personal Context, Emotional Resonance, Originality/Innovation and Overall Impact.
Students that attended last year’s poetry class from Crystal Lake will be familiar with how I did this. This is a limited time offer (until I pay for his surgery) but if poets find it beneficial, I could probably be convinced to keep it going.
To purchase yours, visit https://buy.stripe.com/cN2aEN6ctbXM2cw3cc.
It feels so good to be back working on the Authortunities calendar. Lenoff is doing great on the social media. This was a wise choice, I think. I love producing content, but I never seem to have time to share it. I’m seeing great engagement on our Space and Time pages, thanks to Lenoff. Check out all the great video readings from the writers in the upcoming issue #146 here.
TL;DR
🟠 Lee Murray did a beautiful write up in Interstellar Flight Magazine featuring Horror’s Real-Life Final Girls: Women In Horror on Surviving Publishing which includes me (thank you Lee!) Claire Fitzpatrick, Linda D. Addison, Marie O’Regan, Rena Mason, and Larissa Glasser. Great reading and I love, love, love the banner art they made for this. Read this great piece here.
🟠 Loved this article by Rattle editor
on finding a fair way for authors to share their work and keep it publishable. Read Uncurated: The Case for a New Term of Art.🟠 I’ve been virtually attending the Storygarden Summit held by Fictionary, ProWritingAid, Plottr, and Draft2Digital all week. It’s $5 or pay-what-you want. Too late to catch it live, but the replays are worth it. Check it out here.
🟠 Thanks to the Storygarden Summit, I learned a lot about Draft2Digital I didn’t know and I will be checking it out over the coming weeks. There’s some really interesting features, like automatic royalty split between contributors. Here’s a Draft2Digital review.
My Writes
Jonathan Maberry revealed the cover for Shadows & Verse: Classic Dark Poems With Celebrity Commentary and I’m pretty thrilled to be one of those celebrities, albeit a minor one. The poem I chose to discuss was “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes. Contributors include writers Neil Gaiman, RL Stine, Alma Katsu, Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Michael Greyeyes, Amber Benson, Harold Perrineau, Shane Black, and John Russo to mic drop some names.
On March 23rd-29th, Sherlock Holmes and the Arcana of Madness (with stories from myself, John Linwood Grant and Naching T. Kassa) will be on sale on Amazon for just 99! Grab your copy here.
I just released book 3 in the How to Fix This Series, How to Find Love: Perfect Girlfriend. She is a government surplus Riot Doll that has been repurposed. He is just a friendly guy that treats her like a human. They are both on the same path... to visit her boss. On the way, they might just find love. Trigger warning: violence, sexual innuendo, human trafficking. Always free to read on Kindle Unlimited and on April 21. Find it on Amazon here.
Your Writes
Al Sirois received another great review for his forthcoming YA book, MURDER IN MENNEFER, due out June 18 from Fitzroy, a division of Regal House. Read that review here.
Thank you to Conrad Ricardo Rios for writing in to express his concern that “first readers are not taking care to thoroughly read a piece… volume overwhelmed. I know the avalanche you have to wade through might be daunting, but I feel some good work gets overlooked more often than not. I’d love something that addressed this issue… ‘getting past or romancing (if you will) first readers.’ YOU are the best!”
To save my space here for the calendar, I’ve written up my thoughts on this on my blog: A Letter From Conrad Ricardo Rios.
Conrad Ricardo Rios is “a retired multi-media marketing consultant and content developer that is venturing into my passion for speculative fiction. I have yet to be published but I’m working hard toward that goal.”
All of Space and Time
If you're curious about the cover of this upcoming issue, the art is by Matt Schuler (1988-2024) who recently passed away. A spray paint artist specializing in science fiction themes, he designed several covers for speculative fiction magazines including the cover of AntipodeanSF #261. You can see some of Matt’s work on his Instagram here or on his site, Misery Ink Design.
His wife, Claire Fitzpatrick, is one of our own Halloween People. The current President and Social Media Coordinator of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, please reach out and send her some love. You can find Claire on her website here.
This issue of Space and Time will be in memory of Matt.
While you are waiting for the next issue, there's always free Space and Time! This week’s free issue is #142 from Fall/Winter. It will be free from now until Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:59 PM PDT. Get your free issue here.
A big thank you to everyone who reads for free. This boosts our Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count (KENPC). As much as we all want to support each other, who can afford to buy every book? Reviews, shares, likes and KENPC are all easy ways to support your favorite authors.
I’d love to know you better. Here’s a seven question survey about what writers want.
And finally, thank you to all the great sources we get our author opportunities from. You can find a list at 🔗https://angelaysmith.com/subscribe/
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🟢 opening subs
🔴 closing subs
⭐ networking
♻️ reprints
📚 education
🏆 awards
💲 grants
🟢 MAR 22 · Reedsy’s Short Story Contest 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. This week’s contest is #243: Re-Imagining Our World Through Speculative Fiction with Alice McIlroy.
🔗 https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/243/
🏆🟢 MAR 23 · 2024 Elgin Award Nominations are open from now until May 31 for books of speculative poetry first published during 2022 and 2023. Only current members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) may nominate; however, the author of the nominated book or chapbook need not be an SFPA member. This year’s chair is Felicia Martínez.
🔗https://www.sfpoetry.com/el/elgnom.html
🟢 MAR 23 · Room Magazine Issue 47.4, edited by Shristi Uprety, Rose Morris, Melissa Barrientos, and Kailee Wakeman, is open now for fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art “by folks of marginalized genders, including but not limited to women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people” until filled. Payment is $50 (CAD) for one page, $60 for two pages, $90 for three pages, $120 for four pages, $150 for five or more pages.
🔗https://roommagazine.com/call-for-submissions-issue-47-4/
🟢 MAR 23 · The Common is open for submissions for fiction, nonfiction, translations, and poetry until June 1. $200 honorarium per prose piece, $40 per poem and $100 per Dispatch. $3 submission fee waived for subscribers.
🔗https://thecommon.submittable.com/submit
🟢 MAR 23 · Eye to the Telescope 53, Strange Mixology, edited by Gretchen Tessmer, is open to for speculative poems until June 15. Accepted poems will be paid for at the following rate: US 4¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $4, maximum $25.The issue will appear on July 15, 2024.
🔗https://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
🟢 MAR 23 · Electric Spec is open until April 15 for speculative fiction stories of “science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre” between 250 and 7000 words for $20 per piece.
🔗http://www.electricspec.com/Submissions.html
🔴 MAR 23 · So to Speak closes for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. "We are looking for work that matches our intersectional feminist viewpoint." Payment is $100 per piece.
🔗http://sotospeakjournal.org/guidelines/
🔴 MAR 23 · NUNUM closes for flash fiction up to 500 words. Payment is $20 CAD per peice. Submit up to three stories per submission for $3.
🔗https://nunum.submittable.com/submit
🟢 MAR 23 · Broken Antler Magazine is open to submissions of poetry, fiction, CNF, art and hybrid work. Payment is $20 for print, a token of $10 for work published in online venues. Until filled.
🔗https://www.brokenantlermag.com/submit
⭐📚 MAR 25 · The Horror Writer Association’s Horror University Online presents “The Horror Hero's Journey: Learn how to adapt the “hero's journey” template to write epic horror fiction.” Instructor is Tim Waggoner. On the Teachable platform at 8 pm EST, workshop costs $65.
🔗https://horror-university.teachable.com/p/the-horror-hero-s-journey
⭐📚 MAR 25 · Rattlecast livestreams, a livestreaming poetry reading and podcast, is part interview and part reading, with a prompt-based open mic. It’s a casual way to hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green. Each Rattlecast begins with a Poets Respond Live segment, featuring poems about the news, and also features a writing prompt at the end of the show, and open lines for poems written for the last week’s prompt. Jose Edmundo Ocampo Reyes | Rattlecast 238 at 8 pm EST.
🟢 MAR 27 · Two Hour Transport, a monthly Science Fiction and Fantasy virtual reading based in Seattle features readers Coral Alejandra Moore and Patrick Swenson at 6 pm PDT.
🔗https://www.facebook.com/events/1401198980761456?active_tab=about
🔴 MAR 29 · NUNUM closes to sci-fi focused up to 1000 words for their Opolis Anthology 2024. Payment is $20 CAD per peice. No submission fee.
🔗https://nunum.submittable.com/submit
⭐📚 MAR 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 | March 29, 2024 at 4 pm EST.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
🟢 MAR 29 · Reedsy’s Short Story Contest 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/
🔴 MAR 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 complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST.
🔗https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
🔴 MAR 30 · NUNUM closes to sci-fi focused up to 100 words for their Done in a Hundred anthology. Payment is $20 CAD per peice. No submission fee.
🔗https://nunum.submittable.com/submit
🔴♻️ MAR 31 · Short Story on Substack is closed 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/about?nthPub=601
🔴 MAR 31 · Tahoma Literary Review closes for poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Payment is $55 for poetry and flash, and $135 for prose pieces over 1500 words. Submission fees for poetry and flash prose are $4; for longer prose the fee is $5.
🔗https://tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit
🔴 MAR 31 · Booth closes for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, lists, and audio files. “Especially the last four. We want more of those.” Payment is $50, regardless of length. Submission fees $3.
🔗https://booth.submittable.com/submit
🔴 MAR 31 · Zehlreg Augustus Grindstone’s Spectacular Western Oddity Emporium closes for short stories, flash fiction, and poetry where “the Wild West meets Fantasy.” Payment depends upon successful crowdfunding campaign.
🔗https://the-hyperion-tales.com/
🔴🏆💲 MAR 31 · Paul Engle Prize closes for nominations today. Sponsored by Iowa City, UNESCO City of Literature, the winner receives a cash prize of $20,000 USD. The prize is awarded annually to a writer who represents a pioneering spirit in the literary arts through writing, editing, publishing, or teaching, and whose participation in larger issues of the day has contributed to the betterment of the world. Poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers are eligible. Submit a nomination, including a list of the writer's works and a statement about how the writer embodies the spirit of the prize by March 31. Self-nominations are not allowed.
🔗http://iowacityofliterature.org/paul-engle-day
🔴💲 MAR 31 · A Public Space is offering three six-month Writing Fellowships of $1,000 each to emerging poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers who "embrace risk in their work" and have not published a full-length book. The fellows will work with the editors to prepare a piece for publication in A Public Space, receive complimentary access to all A Public Space master classes during the fellowship year, and will also have the opportunity to meet with publishing professionals and participate in a public reading. The Fellowship period is from June 1, 2024, to November 30, 2024. There is no application fee.
🔗https://apublicspace.org/news/detail/the-2024-a-public-space-writing-fellowships
🔴 MAR 31 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge closes 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/
🔴 MAR 31 · Alien Dimensions Issue #26 closes their call for speculative stories from 5000-7000 words. Theme: Mars Colonization 2033. Payment is $20 USD.
🔗https://aliendimensions.com/submission-guidelines/
🔴 MAR 31 · Indiana Review closes for "carefully strange" fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Theme: Mars Colonization 2033. Payment is $5 USD per page with a $25 minimum. There is a $3 submission fee with no-fee submissions from incarcerated writers.
🔗https://indianareview.submittable.com/submit
🔴 MAR 31 · The Hudson Review is closed for nonfiction submissions. Payment is 2.5 cents per word for prose. Submissions should be sent by mail with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
🔗 https://hudsonreview.com/about-us/submission-guidelines/
🔴💲 APR 1 · Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest closes for submissions of published and unpublished humor poetry with prizes of $2,000, $500, $250, and ten Honorable Mentions of $100 each. The winner will also enjoy a two-year gift certificate from co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value). The top 13 poems are published on the Winning Writers website. Jendi Reiter will judge, assisted by Lauren Singer. No fee to enter.
🔴 APR 1 · Parsec Short Story Contest 2024 closes to entries up to 3500 words of speculative fiction by “non-professional writers– those who have not met eligibility requirements for SFWA or equivalent.” The theme for 2024 is A.I. Mythology. First-place receives $200 and publication in the Confluence program book. Second-place receives $100, third-place receives $50. Additional category prize of $50 for the best story submitted by someone age 19 and under (as long as they are still enrolled in high school).
🔗https://parsecink.submittable.com/submit
🔴 APR 1 · Indiana Review closes for submissions for their 2024 Poetry Prize and their 2024 Poetry Prize. Winning author receives $1000 + publication. Each $20 submission comes with a year-long subscription to Indiana Review.
🔗https://indianareview.submittable.com/submit
⭐📚 APR 1 · Rattlecast livestreams, a livestreaming poetry reading and podcast, is part interview and part reading, with a prompt-based open mic. It’s a casual way to hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green. Each Rattlecast begins with a Poets Respond Live segment, featuring poems about the news, and also features a writing prompt at the end of the show, and open lines for poems written for the last week’s prompt. Doug Ramspeck | Rattlecast 239 at 8 pm EST.
🔴💲 APR 1 · The Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship application window closes. This fellowship provides a stipend of $5,000 for a one-week residency for a parent writer to focus on their work. Writers may submit work in any literary genre: poetry, fiction, plays, memoir, screenplays, or nonfiction.
🔗http://www.mccullerscenter.org/#academic-opportunities
🔴🏆💲 APR 1 · The Nimrod Literary Awards Annual contest closes to fiction, 7,500 words maximum (one short story or a self-contained excerpt from a novel) and poetry, 3-10 pages. (one long poem or several shorter poems). Submissions are open internationally. All finalists will be considered for publication. In addition to publication and the prize money, winners will also be brought to Tulsa for the Awards Ceremony.
🔗https://nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit
🔴♻️ APR 1 · Still Point Arts Quarterly closes to submissions for historical and contemporary art, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry on the theme of “The Houses of My Dreams.” For payment “We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.” Reprints.
🔗https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/form.aspx?id=1VaLubP-nRb7B-eY6iSw3
🟢 APR 1 · Bourbon Penn is open 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
🟢 APR 1 · The Hudson Review is open for poetry submissions until June 30. Payment is 50 cents per line for poetry. Submissions should be sent by mail with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
🔗 https://hudsonreview.com/about-us/submission-guidelines/
🟢 APR 1 · Daikaijuzine opens until April 7 for speculative fiction, poetry from 1,000 to 6,000 words. Payment is $10 USD per short story, and $5 USD per poem or flash fiction piece.
🔗https://daikaijuzine.org/guidelines
🟢 APR 1 · HWA Poetry Showcase XI opens to horror and dark poetry up to 35 lines until May 1. Payment is now $35 plus contributor copy. Open to members of the Horror Writer Association only. Edited by Maxwell I. Gold, judges include L.E. Daniels, Sumiko Saulson, Pedro Iniguez, and Ngô Bình Anh Khoa. To join, visit the Horror Writers Association website for details.
🔗https://horror.org/call-for-submissions-for-poetry-showcase-volume-xi-poems-now-35/
🟢🏆 APR 3 · The BookLife Prize for fiction opens until August 31 for “unpublished or self-published books–works for which the author has subvented the cost of the book’s publication–in the English language” for a chance at a cash prize of $5,000 as well as a profile in Publishers Weekly. While the entry fee is steep at $119, all entrants will receive a Critic’s Report, which includes a score as well as a brief written critical assessment of their novel by a Publishers Weekly reviewer.
🔗https://booklife.com/about-us/the-booklife-prize.html
🟢 APR 1 · Stone’s Throw, the monthly online companion to Rock and a Hard Place Magazine, closes to noir stories about family from between 1- 2,000 words with a payment of $25.
🔗https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw-submissions
🟢 APR 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/
🟢 APR 1 · Consilience opens to submissions of poetry or artwork. All submissions must have a link to science, fit the theme of the upcoming issue, and also be in line with their inclusivity statement [https://www.consilience-journal.com/inclusivity-statement]. The theme for Issue 17 is ‘Language’ and submissions are open until April 7.
🔗 https://www.consilience-journal.com/submit
🟢 APR 1 · Split Lip Magazine opens tip jar submissions for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, interviews/reviews, and mini-reviews until April 30. 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
🟢 APR 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/
🟢♻️ APR 1 · Flash Fiction Online is open for subs of speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary flash fiction between 500- to 1000-words for their Special Call: Weird Horror. Payment: $100.
🔗https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
🟢 APR 1 · The Forge Literary Magazine calls for fiction and nonfiction under 3,000 words including flash and micro fiction for $75 flat rate until the free submissions quota is full. “If there is no free link, we’ve hit our quota.”
🔗https://forgelitmag.com/submit/
🟢♻️ APR 1 · Solar Punk Magazine is open for submissions until April 14 for speculative works, including fiction (1500-3000 words, $.08 per word, $100 minimum), poetry (up to 5 poems or 5 pages, $40 per poem), nonfiction (1000-2000 words, $75 per essay or article), cover art ($100 for reprints, $200 for original unpublished), and interior art ($50 for reprints, $100 for original unpublished). The theme revolves around Solarpunk, envisioning a future where humanity has addressed challenges like climate change and established sustainable societies.
🔗https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
🟢 APR 1 · Broken Sleep Books opens for poetry collections of 40 poems+ until May 31. Payment is 10% royalties, with the author receiving five (5) free author copies and a 50% discount on future purchases. Simultaneous submissions.
🔗https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions
🟢♻️ APR 1 · Short Story on Substack is open 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/about?nthPub=601
🟢 April 1 · Hungry Shadow Press opens until April 15 for short horror, weird, dark fiction suitable for adaptation into a comic book script of 12 pages or less for Vault of Shadows Issue 1. Payment is $35 per page of the adapted script, up to 12 pages, along with a print copy of the issue. A special submissions for “LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, neurodivergent, and other marginalized writers” opens April 16 - May 1.
🔗 https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-vault-of-shadows
⭐📚 APR 1 · The Horror Writer Association’s Horror University Online presents “WRITING THE WITCH: Immerse yourself in the rich literary history of witchcraft and create fictional work inspired by our interpretation of witches over time.” Instructor is Stephanie M. Wytovich. On the Teachable platform at 8 pm EST, workshop costs $65.
🔗https://horror-university.teachable.com/p/writing-the-witch
🟢♻️ APR 1-2 · Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores is open 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/
🔴💲 APR 3 · Gwenn A. Nusbaum/WWBA "Poets to Come" Scholarship closes to applications. Winning poets will receive a one-time $1,500 scholarship to be used for supportive activities to further their writing career (e.g., college tuition/fees for undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, or post doc levels; writing courses and workshops; writing conferences; writing retreats; or other approved activities). Submit a poetry sample (ten poems, one chapbook, OR five poems to illustrate a narrative of your autobiographical statement).
🔗https://www.waltwhitman.org/events/entry-deadline-gwenn-a-nusbaum-wwba-poets-to-come-scholarship/
✅🟢 APR 5 · Reedsy’s Short Story Contest 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/
🔴 APR 5 · 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 complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST.
🔗https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/30232/poets-respond-online
🔴 APR 5 · Havok closes for flash fiction for their anthology with the theme "Remember June." Payment of $50 via PayPal for each selected story in the anthology.
🔗 https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/
🟢 APR 5 · Furious Fiction ultimate flash fiction challenge opens. Writers race against the clock to come up with their best 500 words or less flash story in 55 hours. Free to enter,
🔗https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/
⭐📚 APR 5 · 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 | April 5, 2024 at 4 pm EST.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/@RattlePoetry/featured
⭐ APR 5 · First Friday - Third Thursday Quick Read features 6 authors each reading a selection of speculative fiction for 8 minutes. There will be time for questions & answers at the end and a giveaway from the authors. This free event hosted by Strong Women - Strange Worlds features P.A. Cornell, Caitlin Marceau, Shelly Jones, Jennifer Allis Provost, Tiffany Mok, Sam Ledel and emcee/host Sarah Smith along with support from authors Anne Nydam and Terri Bruce. Pre-register.
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