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ATMOSPHERE PRESS is currently seeking submissions of full-length book manuscripts in all genres—from poetry to fiction to memoir and beyond—with no reading fee. Atmosphere Press is an independent publisher dedicated to honesty, transparency, professionalism, kindness, and making your book awesome. Learn more at atmospherepress.com. 

BLUE LIGHT PRESS Book Award—imagistic, inventive, honest poems that push the edge. Send 40- to 75-page manuscript, SASE, $20 reading fee to Blue Light Press, P.O. Box 150300, San Rafael, CA 94915 by January 31, 2026. For guidelines, bluelightpress@aol.com. Website: www.bluelightpress.com.

ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (triannually online, selected annual print) accepting and reading submissions late summer through late spring. We are seeking poems people will be inspired to re-read and share with family and friends. Please visit www.abandonedmine.org for examples, past issues, and complete guidelines. 

BELLINGHAM REVIEW is open for general submissions in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid writing from September 15 to December 1. Bellingham Review is dedicated to exciting, innovative work and offers continual support to our authors. See complete submission guidelines at: www.bhreview.org. 

BLUELINE: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and nonfiction about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence. Submission period July 1 through November 30. Decisions mid-February. Payment in copies. Please identify simultaneous submissions; notify immediately if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to blueline@potsdam.edu. Please identify the genre in the subject line. Website: www.bluelineadkmagazine.org. 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: I-70 Review will be accepting submissions of poetry and short fiction or nonfiction under 1,500 words from July 1 until November 30, 2025, for its 2026 issue. For more information, check our website at http://i70review.fieldinfoserve.com.

CLOCKHOUSE, published by Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, seeks submissions from emerging and established writers for its 2026 volume. We’re looking for poetry, prose, creative nonfiction, and dramatic work that beckons us to listen, share, and engage. Submissions: September 1 through November 15, 2025. Guidelines at  clockhouse.net. 

FOUNDED IN 2000, The Bryant Literary Review is an international journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction housed at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. Authors can submit work to: https://bryantliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit. For past issues, see: https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/blr/. Work to be considered for Vol. 27, which will be published in spring 2026, must be submitted between September 1 and December 1, 2025.

FRONT RANGE REVIEW is now accepting online submissions of literary short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for its 26th annual issue. Our reading period is August 15–December 1. To see guidelines and submit, visit www.frontrange.edu/frontrangereview. 

FULL BLEED, a journal at the intersection of the visual and literary arts, seeks new work for its ninth annual issue. Details at full-bleed.org. Deadline: November 1.

GLIMPSE SEEKS poems for Issue #59. For submission guidelines, SASE to George J. Searles, Editor, Box 51, Clinton, NY 13323, or see website (glimpsepoetrymagazine.com). 

HAWAII PACIFIC REVIEW seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Based at Hawaii Pacific University, HPR charges no fees and reads submissions from August to January. Our work has been featured in the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize anthologies. Details can be found at www.hawaiipacificreview.org. 

ITALIAN AMERICANA seeks fiction and poetry on any subject and style from writers of Italian heritage on either side. Past contributors include Olivia Kate Cerrone, Peter Covino, and Maria Mazziotti Gillan. Deadlines: July 1, 2025, for Winter 2026, December 1, 2025, for Summer 2026. Submission guidelines: https://press-ia.scholasticahq.com/for-authors. 

MUSE ART/LITERARY JOURNAL is open for submissions through January 31, 2026: 1 prose piece (1,500 words max) OR up to 3 poems. E-mail as attachment to muse@rcc.edu; format subject as “LastName–Genre–Title” and include contact and bio. Full guidelines at www.rcc.edu/muse. 

NOMINEE: Ranked sixth among Top 25 Literary Magazines & Publications in 2022–2025 (Feedspot). The RavensPerch Literary Magazine seeks submissions of well-groomed poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. For submission guidelines, visit us at www.theravensperch.com. 

PENSIVE: A GLOBAL JOURNAL of Spirituality & the Arts, an acclaimed annual publication from Northeastern University, welcomes exciting unpublished poetry, prose, art, and translations from around the world. Please explore first at www.pensivejournal.com; submit via Submittable August 1–November 15. No fee.

RATTLE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS of invented forms for the Summer 2026 issue—poems written in a form created by the author. Explain the form with a note. Deadline: January 15, 2026. Online submissions accepted. For more information, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

RIVERSEDGE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS of poetry, prose, plays, and graphic lit in English, Spanish, and anything in between. We’re looking for great work, particularly from marginalized communities. Previous contributors include Sandra Cisneros, Naomi Shihab Nye, Denise Duhamel, and Esteban Rodriguez, among others. Submissions accepted October 1, 2025, to March 1, 2026. Visit www.riversedgejournal.com. 

SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW invites no-fee submissions of CNF, fiction, poetry, and visual art. This year’s suggested theme is “Resistance: Grit, Rebellion, and Dissent.” Word limit per fiction or CNF submission is 2,000 words; poets may submit up to 5 poems of any length per period. Submit via Submittable between July 15 and November 1. Learn more at www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-literary-review. 

SUBMISSIONS TO River Teeth (narrative nonfiction) and Beautiful Things (micro-essays) are open January 1–April 1, & September 1 – December 1. River Teeth encourages underrepresented writers to submit work for consideration, including but not limited to: BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled writers. Read complete guidelines for all submissions at riverteethjournal.com/submission-guidelines/. 

TINT JOURNAL will be open for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language from October 13 to November 30. All topics welcome; no fee. Please carefully review our guidelines at www.tintjournal.com/submit. #showyourtint. 

TWO HAWKS Quarterly is a digital journal affiliated with Antioch University Los Angeles’ BA Program in Creative Writing and is setting the bar for contemporary literature with bold and illuminating poetry, fiction, CNF, art, and quality experimental work. For guidelines, see www.twohawksquarterly.com. 

WILLOW REVIEW is a nonprofit international creative writing journal (est. 1969) accepting general submissions year-round. Send a maximum of 5 poems or short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7,000 words. All work should be unpublished and accompanied by SASE. Manuscripts will not be returned unless requested. We will accept simultaneous submissions if indicated in the cover letter. Submissions should be sent to Willow Review, College of Lake County, 19351 West Washington St., Grayslake, IL 60030-1198. Willow Review can be found on EBSCOhost databases. Website: www.clcillinois.edu/willowreview. 

THE WRITER’S WORKSHOP REVIEW publishes the best in creative nonfiction, fiction, and interviews and pays for published stories. Send us narrative nonfiction, personal essays, short stories, and short shorts, as well as travel, food and wine, and writing with a strong narrative element. Submissions: Kathleen Glassburn at glassburnkathleen03@gmail.com. For more information, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net.

JOIN US IN TAOS, NM, for our 27th Annual Storytelling Festival on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Including a storytelling workshop, a community StorySwap, and the featured evening event with tellers Eldrina Douma, Sage Vogel, Celinda Kaelin, and Chuy Martinez accompanied by a traditional Northern New Mexico dinner. FMI: SOMOS, phone: (575) 758-0081, e-mail: somos@somostaos.org. 

NOW IN ITS 41st year, the Cuesta College Central Coast Writers’ Conference features experts in various genres, master classes, pitch and consult opportunities, and more. This year’s event will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 26 and 27, 2025 in San Luis Obispo, CA. Website: centralcoastwritersconference.com. Contact: CCWC Director Meagan Friberg, e-mail: centralcoastwritersconference@gmail.com; phone: (805) 610-4252.

20TH ANNUAL SMITH COLLEGE Poetry Prize for New England & New York High School Girls in 10th & 11th grades. Award: $500 & opportunity to present poem. Judge: Yalie Saweda Kamara. No entry fee. Submissions: September 1–December 1. Sponsored by the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College. Guidelines, eligibility, required entry form: www.smith.edu/poetrycenter/wp/outreach/hs-poetry-prize. 

A $1,000 PRIZE and publication is given each year by Cloudbank Books for a collection of poetry, flash fiction, or combination of the two. Robert Morgan will be the final judge. Submit a 70- to 90-page manuscript with $25 entry fee by October 31 via Submittable. Visit cloudbankbooks.com for complete guidelines. E-mail cloudbank@cloudbankbooks.com with questions.

$2,000 ONLY POEMS 2025 Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize. Theme: Love, Faith, & Sex. Winner: $1,000 + nomination for Pushcart, Best Spiritual Literature, or Best New Poets. Finalists: 4 x $250. Submit up to 3 pages of unpublished poetry, September 21–November 7. Fee: $18. Simultaneous submissions welcome. Guidelines and more: www.onlypoems.net/contests/leonard-cohen-poetry-prize. 

$2,000 ONLY POEMS Inaugural Bob Hicok Fellowship 2025. Open to everyone, everywhere. Winner: $1,000 cash + $1,000 in workshop credits + a year long invitation to support & grow your writing career. Finalists: 5 x $200 in workshop credits. Submit 5-10 pages of poetry (previously published welcome!) Deadline: August 31. Fee: $18. Guidelines and more: www.onlypoems.net/bob-hicok-fellowship-poets.

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by November 30—Best Poetry $1,000; Fiction $1,000; Nonfiction $1,000; Flash Fiction $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online. “I love the emphasis on new writers, the blind judging, and the lack of restrictions on subject and style. Thank you, NMW!”—Orlando Dare, Mexico. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org.

2025 MORTON MARCUS Poetry Prize. The Hive Poetry Collective announces the 2025 Morton Marcus Poetry Prize. Submit 1 poem, $18/entry. Judge: Nancy Miller Gomez. Winner receives $1,000 and invitation to read at the 16th Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading November 20, 2025. Full details at hivepoetry.org/morton-marcus-prize/. Deadline: September 30.

THE 2025 PERMAFROST Book Prize offers publication of a book of nonfiction, $1,000, and distribution through University of Alaska Press. Final judge: Alison Hawthorne Deming. Deadline: October 1. Entry fee: $25. For complete guidelines, please visit: www.uaf.edu/permafrostmag/annual-contests/index.php. 

2026 NEW AMERICAN Poetry Prize. $1,500 and book publication. Final judge: TBA. Deadline: January 15, 2026. Minimum length: 48 pages (no maximum). Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines: https://newamericanpress.com/category/new-american-poetry-prize/. 

2026 PRESS 53 AWARD for Short Fiction: Awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of stories. Reading fee: $30. Award: $1,000 advance, publication, 53 copies. Submit online with Submittable or by mail until December 31. Press 53 publisher Kevin Morgan Watson will serve as judge. Winner and finalists announced by May 3, 2026. Publication in May 2027. Details at www.press53.com/award-for-short-fiction. 

ALICE JAMES AWARD. $2,000, book publication. AJB is accepting full-length poetry manuscripts postmarked or via Submittable until October 17. Entrants must reside in the U.S. Additional manuscripts may also be chosen for publication as the Editor’s Choice. Guidelines: www.alicejamesbooks.org/submit. 

ANNUAL RATTLE CHAPBOOK PRIZE offers 3 winners $5,000 for a chapbook (up to 36 pages), plus 500 author copies, and distribution to Rattle’s 8,000+ subscribers. Entry fee of $30 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: January 15, 2026. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com/chapbooks. 

BIRDY POETRY PRIZE, by Meadowlark Press. $1,000 cash prize, publication, and 50 copies. Submit 1 full-length poetry book manuscript (55–150 pages). Entry fee: $25. Submissions open: September 1 to December 1. Learn more: www.birdypoetryprize.com. 

CIDER PRESS REVIEW Book Award. Prize: $1,500 and publication of full-length poetry collection. All entrants will receive the winning book. Reading period: September 1–November 30. Judge: Consuelo Wise. Reading fee: $27. Submit 48– to 80-page manuscript to www.ciderpressreview.com/submit. Guidelines: www.ciderpressreview.com/bookaward. 

CODHILL PRESS Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award: $1,000 plus 25 copies. Distribution by SUNY Press. Deadline: December 30. Submit book-length manuscript (48–72 pages), acknowledgements, table of contents, and cover page (name, address, phone, e-mail) to: https://codhillpoetryaward.submittable.com/submit. $30 entry fee. For complete guidelines: www.codhill.com. 

DZANC BOOKS seeks innovative novels, nonfiction, and story collections for its annual contests. Contest winners receive publication and advances: $5,000 for the Prize for Fiction, $2,500 for the Short Story Collection, and $1,500 for the Nonfiction Prize. $25 reading fee per submission. Contests close September 30. Details at www.dzancbooks.org. 

EVENT MAGAZINE’S Nonfiction Contest: $3,000 in prizes, plus publication. Enter by October 15. We especially encourage BIPOC writers and writers of diverse backgrounds and experiences to explore the form and submit their work. 5,000-word limit. $34.95 entry fee includes a 1-year subscription. Full contest details: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf. 

GIFTED FICTION WRITERS! Lilith Magazine—independent, Jewish, & frankly feminist—seeks quality short stories with heart, soul, and chutzpah, 3,000 words or under, for our Annual Fiction Contest. Open September 1–December 31. First prize: $300 and publication. We especially like fresh fiction with feminist and Jewish nuance and are eager to read submissions from writers of color and emerging writers of any age. Submit to info@lilith.org with the subject line “Fiction Contest” and your surname. **Include full contact information on manuscript.** Website: www.lilith.org/contact/writing-for-lilith. And check out FRANKLY FEMINIST: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine, available now wherever you buy books, or at bit.ly/FranklyFeminist. 

HAZEL ROWLEY PRIZE for First-Time Biographers: Sponsored by the Biographers International Organization (BIO), the Rowley prize offers $5,000 for the best book proposal from a first-time biographer, plus a careful reading by an established agent. Submissions due February 1, 2026. Guidelines and entry forms are available on the BIO website: www.biographersinternational.org/rowley-prize. 

THE INAUGURAL NEW HARMONY Book Award & Residency will award a $2,000 prize and a 7-day Residency in Historic New Harmony, IN (plus $750 travel stipend), to an exemplary book of fiction published in 2025. Submissions open until December 31, 2025. $35 submission fee. For complete guidelines, visit www.usi.edu/nhba. 

THE INTERNATIONAL LAWRENCE DURRELL SOCIETY announces its 2025 White Mice Poetry Contest. Submit 1–2 poems focusing on “Home Port.” No entry fee. Prizes: Reading invitation, online, and print publication. Deadline: October 15. For further information, go to lawrencedurrell.org and click on “White Mice Poetry Contest.”

JESSIE BRYCE NILES Chapbook Contest August 1–October 31. Prize: $1,000 and 50 author’s copies. Judge: Georgia Popoff. Anonymous judging. $30 entry fee includes copy of winning chapbook. Submit manuscripts (25–34 pages of poetry) online via Submittable OR by USPS to Comstock Review Chapbook, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. **NEW GUIDELINES!** No previously published collections or AI-assisted poems. For full guidelines, see www.comstockreview.org or www.comstockreview.submittable.com/submit. 

LONGLEAF PRESS Book Award. Beautifully designed publication by Longleaf Press, a $1,000 prize, and 25 author copies awarded for a poetry collection in English. Roger Weingarten will judge. Submit at least 50 pages and a $27 entry fee by January 15 via Submittable. See the website for complete guidelines: www.longleafpress.org. 

ONE ROOM. One Hour. One essay on what you encounter. Explore the challenge at www.jackwieland.com. $1,000 for no more than 1,000 words will be awarded to winning entries posted to Substack. Essays accepted through the end of the year. Give it a whirl and see what you see.

ONEPAGEPOETRY.COM —now accepting entries for our 2025 poetry contest. In celebration of the beautiful art of poetry, as long as it fits on 1 page. Entry fee: $25. Prizes include $2,000 for 1st place, $1,000 for 2nd, $500 for 3rd, and inclusion in the top 100 poems in our yearly anthology. Website: www.onepagepoetry.com. 

PATRICIA DOBLER Poetry Award: Open to women writers age 40 and over living in the U.S. who haven’t published a full-length book of poetry (chapbooks excluded). Winner receives $1,000; publication in Voices from the Attic; round-trip travel, lodging, and reading at Carlow University in Pittsburgh with final judge Jenny Johnson. Poems must be unpublished, up to 75 lines; up to 2 poems, any style, per submission ($20 fee). 2025 award deadline: October 31. Phone: (412) 578-6346; e-mail: sewilliams412@carlow.edu; or www.carlow.edu/dobler for complete rules.

PRINCEMERE POETRY PRIZE. $300 for winning poem, $200 divided among runners-up. $5 fee for 4 unpublished poems. Deadline: September 19. No AI-generated work.Submit online at Submittable (princemerepoetryprize.submittable.com). Paper submissions accepted from incarcerated poets: Princemere Poetry Prize, 255 Grapevine Rd., Wenham, MA 01984. Previous winners at www.princemere.com. 

SELECTED SHORTS’ Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Contest judged by author Simon Rich. Prize includes $1,000; publication on electricliterature.com; a 10-week course with Gotham Writers Workshop; and 2 tickets to a performance of Selected Shorts featuring your winning story. Max: 750 words. Fee: $25. Due: March 6, 2026. For complete guidelines, visit www.selectedshorts.org. 

SLIPSTREAM Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition offers $1,000 prize plus 25 copies for winner. Deadline: December 1. Entrants receive copy of winner and an issue of Slipstream. Send up to 40 pages and $25 reading fee to Slipstream, Box 2071, Niagara Falls, NY 14301. Further details and guidelines, visit: www.slipstreampress.org. 

SPANGLER AWARD submissions open— send up to 3 poems about a child or childhood. Winner receives $200 and publication in Spring 2026 edition of RCC MUSE. $5 fee by check payable to “RCC MUSE” or Venmo @RCCMUSE. E-mail as attachment to muse@rcc.edu, “LastName–Spangler Award–Title” in  subject line. Full guidelines at www.rcc.edu/muse. Submissions close January 31, 2026.

TOM HOWARD/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. 23rd year. Top prize for a poem in any style: $3,500. Top prize for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style: $3,500. Total prizes: $12,000. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Fee: $25 per submission of 1–3 poems. Length limit: 250 lines per poem. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Submit by October 1. Enter at winningwriters.com/poetrypw2509. 

WRITING CONTESTS for LGBTQ+ fiction writers & poets with prizes of $500 and publication in anthology. Deadline: October 15, 2025. Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival will be in New Orleans March 27–29, 2026. SASFest hosts writing workshops, panel discussions, and readings for the LGBTQ+ community. Visit www.sasfest.org. 

WRITING CONTESTS OPEN for emerging writers of fiction, one-act plays, and poetry. Grand prize up to $1,500. Deadline for contests: October 15, 2025. Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival’s 40th annual event for readers, writers, and theater lovers will commence March 25–29, 2026. Visit www.tennesseewilliams.net. 

WHEN YOU HAVE become no one, how do you become someone again? BOUNDLESS, debut memoir from author/magazine journalist Carolyn Dawn Flynn. Semifinalist for Mslexia International Memoir Prize. “​​A searching and honest exploration of post-empty-nest life"—Erika Krouse. Website: carolynflynn.com/boundless. To live boundlessly, subscribe to Substack: carolynflynn.substack.com/.

BERKSHIRES WRITING RETREAT with Page Lambert. 5 days. 7 writers. All genres. Stockbridge, MA. Luxurious private bedrooms. Beautiful 75-acre estate. Chef-inspired meals and candlelit dinners. Group discussions and one-on-one private sessions. October 12–16, 2025. $2,595. Looking to 2026? Consider February’s Colorado mountain retreat, “Romancing the Story.” 4 days. 8 writers. Website: www.pagelambert.com. 

DEVOTION TO WRITING workshops, residencies, retreats. Cultivate and sustain your writing practice with Devotion to Writing, a program for a community of writers and artists devoted to deepening their creative practice. Martha’s Vineyard, Italy, Portugal, and online. Visit devotiontowriting.com or follow @devotiontowriting.com on social media and YouTube. 

PORCHES WRITING RETREAT, an historic farmhouse overlooking the James River in Blue Ridge foothills. Spacious porches, comfortable, high-ceilinged rooms, high-speed Wi-Fi, well-equipped communal kitchen, also a private cottage. Find peace and inspiration. Availability by days, week, month. Open all year. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com. 

RIVER HERON Poetry Retreat. Reignite your writing life with a 4-day, 3-night retreat in the Pocono Mountains. Farm-to-table meals, workshops, guided trail walks, and deep writing time await. A small group of like-minded poets ensures personal attention, creative support, and connection. The perfect reset! Website: www.riverheronreview.com/retreat-recharge. 

WIDE OPEN WRITING. Our online retreat, Living the Writer’s Life, is launching January 2026. This remote retreat is designed around integrating writing into your life through practice, habit, inspiration, and accountability. In addition, we’ll have in-person retreats in Italy, Maine, and North Carolina in 2026. For more info, visit wideopenwriting.com. 

ZIGBONE FARM RETREAT, near DC/Baltimore in Catoctin Mtns. Novel Writing w/Tammy Greenwood (July); Inspired Writing w/Eugenia Kim (September); Poetry/Yoga w/Ann Quinn (November); Creative Writing w/Diana Friedman (January, April 2026). Grand eco-lodge artistically renovated w/ timbered ceilings, adobe walls, Moroccan-tiled bathrooms, on 100 acres. Farm-fresh meals. Website: www.zigbonefarmretreat.com/retreats; e-mail: dena@zigbonefarmretreat.com. 

DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING? Domestic hubbub? Prospect Street Writers House offers peace and quiet by the week or by the day. We’ll find a spot for you. Website: www.prospectstreet.org or e-mail: gclark@prospectstreet.org. 

DORLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS RESIDENCY is nestled in the hills overlooking the beautiful Temecula Valley wine country of Southern CA. Five self-contained cottages each with workspace & porch. Hiking trails/ponds/views—oak trees and quail. Peaceful, inspiring. Finish your project. A few late summer spaces available. Reserve now! E-mail: info@dorlandmountainarts.org; website: www.dorlandmountainarts.org;  phone: (951) 302-3837.

JAMES MERRILL HOUSE invites writers of all genres to apply for fall 2025–summer 2026 residencies. Enjoy a stipend, living space, and access to James Merrill’s National Historic Landmark home in Stonington, CT. Six residencies available. Apply from October 1, 2025, to January 12, 2026. Visit jamesmerrillhouse.org/apply for details.

THE SUE-JE LEE GAGE Sunlit Residency for Social Justice and Human Rights in Ithaca, NY, welcomes applications for year-round and summer '26 residencies: Website: www.sunlitresidency.com. The summer '26 juried and fully subsidized residency program deadline is January 10, 2026. Collaborations up to two individuals welcome. AAPI and BIPOC applicants strongly encouraged.

45 YEARS OF publishing experience. Founder/former director of Paris Press, Jan Freeman provides astute manuscript consultations, development, and coaching for writers and poets. “Jan’s ear and her perceptive questions and suggestions were right on the mark as I worked towards the completion of my memoir. I highly recommend her.”—Rose Styron, Beyond This Harbor (Knopf). “My decision to work with Jan Freeman was one of the best decisions that I have ever made in preparing a poetry manuscript.”—Glenis Redmond, The Listening Skin, (Four Way Books). Website: www.janfreeman.net/editing-services. E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com. 

ABLE AND WELL-KNOWN writer, teacher, editor, (Scribner, Random House, Bantam, Dell, Oxford University Press, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Narrative, Harper's, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The American Scholar, Esquire, GQ, Ploughshares) offers manuscript critique, editing, private tutorials on short stories, novels, and literary nonfiction. Authors edited include Rick Bass, T. C. Boyle, Jennifer Egan, Saidiya Hartman, Min Jin Lee, Anthony Marra, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joyce Carol Oates, James Salter, Morgan Talty, and many others. Contact: editor@tomjenks.com. Website: tomjenks.com. 

ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE SERVICES: Visit my website for budget-sensitive options. Marcia Trahan, memoirist (Mercy) and editor with 21 years’ experience, offers developmental critiques, copy editing, and help with queries and book proposals. Specializing in memoir; also handles wide range of fiction. Traditional and indie authors welcome. Patient, supportive approach. E-mail: info@marciatrahan.com. Website: www.marciatrahan.com. 

ACCLAIMED POETRY EDITOR, former executive director of Alice James Books, 25+ years’ editing experience. Professional manuscript evaluation, comprehensive editing. Edits for various budgets. Workshops, tutorials, publishing, publicity advice. Author of We (Red Hen Press, 2025), Event Boundaries, Anxious Music (Four Way Books). Former SNU CW MFA faculty. Website: www.aprilossmann.com. E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com. 

ALCHEMIZE YOUR PROSE to make it vivid, concerned, and fulfilled, opening the doors to creative process. Award-winning essayist, editor of Best American Essays, Welcome Table Press founder, and former editor at Gettysburg Review, this longtime creative-writing teacher will guide you in crafting narratives that shine and are noticed. E-mail: kimdanakupperman@gmail.com. 

AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Professional editor, literary midwife, award-winning author (Bantam, Avon, Scholastic, Berkley/Ace, others) offers extensive critiques, tutorials, revisions, support. Upgrade your writing skills; solve problems with plot, character development, pacing. Specialties include literary and mainstream fiction, mystery/thriller, juvenile/YA, general nonfiction, psychology, spirituality. Carol Gaskin. Phone: (941) 377-7640. E-mail: carol@editorialalchemy.com. Website: www.editorialalchemy.com. 

AWARD-WINNING FICTION WRITER, graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, creative writing teacher of 35 years, provides personalized manuscript editing. I offer detailed editing, honest evaluation, and sensitive critique. I work with new and experienced writers, fiction and nonfiction. Contact Hugh Cook. E-mail: hughcook212@gmail.com. Website: hugh-cook.ca. 

BIRDS & MUSES Mentorship for Women Writers. Realize your vision with a mentor as invested in your story & your growth as you are. Acclaimed novelist, memoirist, editor Kate Moses: Taking writers under her wing for 3 decades with startling insights, attentive generosity, command of craft, acute editorial skill. Website: www.birdsandmuses.com. 

BLOCKED? STRUGGLING? I’ll help you finish that project! Break through blocks with professional writing mentoring from published journalist, poet, playwright, researcher. Skilled editor, experienced teacher, compassionate coach. New genre? Creative transition? Unearthed manuscript? Personal dream?—I can help you write, edit, publish! Carol Burbank, MA, PhD. Free 30-minute consultation. E-mail: cburbank@storyweaving.com. Website: www.storyweaving.com. 

FREE SESSION with Writer Wellness Consultant and Mentor. Have writing begging to get on the page, revised, and moved on to publishing? Want to find out what’s in the way? Give yourself the gift of a free consultation and get started. Contact: Andrea R. Canaan, MSW, MFA. E-mail: andreacanaan@gmail.com; website: www.andreacanaan.blog. 

 HIGH-QUALITY PROFESSIONAL EDITING for writers of fiction and narrative nonfiction, offering services from developmental to line editing. Can be especially helpful to unpublished or first-time writers. Honest, constructive, meticulous feedback. Free sample edit. Visit New Leaf Editing at www.newleafediting.com. 

POETRY CONSULTATIONS w/ MFA program faculty, editor, author. My website is out of date, but who cares? You want to write poetry or have a shiny website with annoying cursive font? Monthly, hourly, and manuscript-consultation rates. Contact me at https://www.davidblairpoetry.com/contact. 

 POETRY, POETRY MS. Expand your range, syntax, facility with language. Close editing, attention to big picture, phone or Skype conferences—U.S. or international. Experienced poet/teacher, award-winning author of 11 collections, 5 with Godine and Knopf. I founded and taught in the MFA and postgraduate conference at Vermont College. E-mail: rogerweingarten12@gmail.com. For further details, please visit website: www.rogerweingarten.com.  

RESPECTFUL, AFFORDABLE developmental editing in literary and upmarket fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Writer and professor with over 15 years’ college teaching experience. From line edits to global revisions, character work to creative coaching, brainstorming to final draft, I’m here for what you need. Initial consultations are free. Website: adamprinceauthor.com. 

THE 14TH WRITING THROUGH ART Poetry Retreat in the Berkshires, October 9– October 13. Enjoy the restorative beauty of autumn in New England, writing dozens of drafts in museum galleries of the Clark Art Institute, MASS MoCA, and WCMA. Experiment with new forms of creative expression as art opens your memories, perceptions, and imagination in a supportive community. Emerging and experienced poets welcome. Website: www.janfreeman.net/workshops-readings; e-mail: janfreemanpoetry@gmail.com. 

32ND ANNUAL Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, January 16–19, 2026, Atlantic City, NJ, area. Join us for small, generative workshops in poetry, fiction, memoir, nonfiction, songwriting, and storytelling. Enjoy intensive and supportive sessions, insightful feedback, and an encouraging community. Scholarships available. Register early and save: www.stockton.edu/wintergetaway. 

GREATER PHILADELPHIA Wordshop Studio supports writers in the development of their individual voices and practice of their craft. Workshops in Center City and Delaware County, PA following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method. Writers of all ages, levels of experience, and genres welcome. Phone: 

(610) 853-0296. E-mail: ah@philawordshop.com. Website: www.philawordshop.com. 

 JOIN A WRITING COMMUNITY. Share your poetry, stories, or book chapters. Get feedback for your writing. Enter contests with cash prizes. Make friends who love writing. First month just $1.99! Website: fanstory.com. 

WRITING CO-LAB provides dynamic online classes in all genres to deepen your craft, sharpen your publishing acumen,and ignite your imagination. Writing Co-Lab is cooperatively run by artists committed to the joyous power of the written word. We have new fall classes available! Learn more at www.writingco-lab.com/. 

WRITE YOUR MEMOIR in 9 Months. Your story deserves to be told. Join Susan and the other teachers in a supportive, craft-rich memoir writing and publishing class beginning September 6, 2025. Weekly Zooms, expert guidance, and personal feedback. Leave with a finished book you can be proud of. Registration opens August 1. Class size limited. Register early. Website: mountainaurapublishing.com. 

WRITING WOMEN: A meditative writing workshop designed to support your process and open channels to personal, ancestral, and archetypal wisdom. Taught by award-winning author and professor Rachel Jamison Webster. Each class will include meditation, freewriting, and graduate-level creative writing instruction. Beginning and experienced writers welcome. Register at www.meditativecreativewriting.com.