HWA Poetry Showcase XI ToC!
Authortunities #79 │September 14—October 12
🌳What’s in this issue?
I always under estimate how exhausting moving is… not being fluent in the local language just added a special challenge. All in all it went pretty smooth and just in time. Monday I pick up my visa! That means I will be at StokerCon in 2025 and probably visiting a couch near you. 🥰
Here are this week’s author opportunities organized by date and emoji, plus…
🍃Bullet Points
Maxwell I. Gold, this year’s editor for the HWA Poetry Showcase 11, shares the ToC and featured poets on his blog Wells of the Weird. Read the full post here. Congratulations to all the poets and a big thanks to this year’s judges Pedro Iniguez, Lauren Elise Daniels, Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, and Sumiko Saulson.
Speaking of judges, all poetry for the SFPA’s annual Poetry Contest are with judge
. Winners will be announced in Star*Line, on SFPA website on October 1 and in Authortunities the following issue. More details here.For Space and Time, we are wrapping up the final fiction selections. We are rich in excellent submissions which makes it hard to choose. I’ll also be wrapping up the MG anthology selections this week.
This week’s Extra podcast features Nikki DeKeuster from
talking about neurodivergence, publishing and the stars. You can listen to this week’s podcast here.I’ll be speaking at the Celebrating Authors Summit: Being True to You summit on how putting yourself into your work can make the difference to being different. Free to watch live.
Ryan Aussie Smith (aka my husband) is on a push to make Twitch Partner, so any likes, follows and lurks appreciated. Thank you everyone! He streams Saturday-Tuesday here: Twitch.tv/Aussiemanplays.
A big welcome to everyone who joined the Authortunities Hub this last week. We are now 50 members strong. This week we will be focusing on working together to create a street team for each other. Membership is free.
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🦝This calendar is organized by emoji! Use [ctrl F] to find what you want fast.
🟢 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 horror, mystery, and the supernatural until October 1.
https://booklife.com/about-us/booklife-s-indie-spotlight.html
🟢 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. New prompt every Friday. This week’s prompt is: Reap What You Sow 🌱.
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
🔴 SEP 14 · Apparition Lit’s 2024 Flash Fiction Contest closes for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Noodles.” 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/
🔴 SEP 14 · Fahmidan Journal closes for “your thought-provoking existentialism, your phobias, your darkest moments” as short stories, poetry and flash. Payment is $25 per piece.
https://www.fahmidan.net/journal-submissions
⭐🎤 SEP 14 · 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.
⭐ SEP 14 · 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. This week features Tricia Copeland, Alison McBain, Steffanie Costigan, Don Sawyer and Mark Morton.
⭐🎓 SEP 14 · Celebrating Authors Summit: Being True to You Writing a book is a time and energy intensive process, so it's very important to know why you're choosing your book topic before you put a lot of resources into the process. Listen in as speakers share their experience, both positive and negative, about their choice of book theme and how it worked out for them. Free to attend live.
https://go.eventraptor.com/summit/copy-of-celebrating-summit-2409/angelayurikosmith
🔴 SEP 15 · penumbric closes for submissions of prose and poetry up to 10k words that “constitutes the ever moving edge of its kind, a place between light and dark, consciousness and un…” Payment is $10 USD.
https://www.penumbric.com/subs.html
🔴 SEP 15 · Eye to the Telescope 54 closes for submissions of poetry on the theme “Outlaws,” to be edited by Melissa Ridley Elmes. The issue will appear October 15. Payment: US 4¢/word rounded up to nearest dollar; minimum US $4, maximum $25.
https://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
🟢 SEP 15 · New Orleans Review opens for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Payment is $300 for prose and $100 for poetry. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, there are no submission fees for Latinx writers from September 15th to October 15th. $3 submission fee otherwise.
https://www.neworleansreview.org/submit/
🟢 SEP 15 · Riddlebird opens until October 26 for literary fiction, personal essays, and genre fiction from 650-5000 words focusing on humor and lighthearted pieces until full. Payment is $100.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/riddlebird-Ae4Nk
🟢♻️ SEP 15 · Luna Station Quarterly opens until November 15 “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/submission-guidelines/
🟢 SEP 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
🟢 SEP 15 · Translunar Travelers Lounge opens until October 15 for speculative fiction in the form of “Swashbuckling adventure, deadly intrigue, and gleeful romance are some of the most obvious examples of what we’re looking for, but we won’t say no to more subtle or complicated topics, as long as they fit under the wider “fun” umbrella.” The first week of submissions (Sept 15-21) is reserved for writers of color. Payment is .03 per word with a $20 minimum.
https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
🎓 SEP 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.
🟢 SEP 16 · Fahmidan Journal opens until December 15 for “your thought-provoking existentialism, your phobias, your darkest moments” as short stories, poetry and flash. Payment is $25 per piece.
https://www.fahmidan.net/journal-submissions
⭐🎓 SEP 17 · Plot Perfect: Mastering the Secrets of Book Outlining Learn effective techniques, streamline your process, and craft compelling stories. For new and experienced writers alike. From StoryOrigin, includes Q&A with Cameron Sutter of Plottr.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEud-uuqDotHtbAxE-A05zHhQg4HpNQ1Ca9#/registration
🎓 SEP 17 · Highway To The Outline Zone—Tamara Grantham 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. “In this class, award-winning author Tamara Grantham shares her secrets on how she’s written more than twenty novels in the past ten years, many of which have become bestsellers. Learn the insider tips on the best outlining practices that will ensure you have a solid novel before you ever write the first word.“ Costs $45.
https://www.outlierswritinguniversity.com/ongoingconference
⭐ SEP 19 · 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 is hosted by Strong Women - Strange Worlds and features J.L. Delavega, Raven Oak, Marisa Wolf, Catherine LaCroix, K.A. Hough and Marcie Rendon. Pre-register.
https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com/
🔴 SEP 20 · 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
⭐🎓 SEP 20 · 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
🟢 SEP 20 · 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/
⭐🎓 SEP 21 · PARSEC, Pittsburgh’s premier Science Fiction & Fantasy Organization, welcomes the public to their monthly meetings held the third Saturday of each month beginning at 12:30 pm EST. Virtual Zoom meetings are available for those unable to attend in person. Timons Esaias will be September’s guest as he leads a discussion on “Finding the Future in the Past.”
https://parsec-sff.org/monthly-meetings/
🎓 SEP 21 · Celebrating Authors Summit: Getting to Know Your Readers Are You Writing for Yourself or Your Readers? Sometimes you start out writing for yourself, and afterward it's a revelation where your message will have the most impact. If you have a professional goal and you know who you want to see you in a particular way, join this summit to learn from the experts who understand avatars and how to learn their characteristics so you can create your book in a way your intended audience will hear you. Free to attend live.
https://go.eventraptor.com/summit/copy-of-celebrating-summit-2409-1/angelayurikosmith
⭐🎤 SEP 22 · 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.
⭐ SEP 22 · 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. This week features AJ Mullican, C.L. Cannon, Lily Luchesi, JD Estrada and Natalie D'Amore.
🟢 SEP 22 · Astrolabe opens to fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography/art for $50 USD flat rate with free submissions until October 22.
https://www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
⭐🎓 SEP 24 · Navigating the Self-Publishing Ecosystem: A Deep Dive Join Nick Thacker, VP of Author Success at Draft2Digital, to explore the comprehensive ecosystem of Draft2Digital, AuthorEmail, and SelfPubBookCovers.com, providing you with actionable insights to succeed in today's competitive publishing landscape. In this webinar, you'll learn strategies for expanding your global readership and maximizing your book's reach, effectively using email to engage with your audience, tips for creating eye-catching book covers, and emerging trends in self-publishing and how to stay ahead of the curve.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkce2gqz0qG9SLYZx_l5izJPTxKlImmRlz#/registration
🔴 SEP 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/
🔴 SEP 27 · 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
⭐🎓 SEP 27 · 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
🟢 SEP 27 · 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/
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