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COMMUNITY HOSPITAL closures. Anthology accepting new poems (3) or prose (2,000 word count). All viewpoints encouraged. Send to: Jeanne Bryner, P.O. Box 111, Newton Falls, OH 44444. Or e-mail to Geraldine Gorman: ggorman@uic.edu.

POETRY UP TO 32 lines w/spaces; prose to 2,500 words. Deadline: September 30, 2026. Fees: $18; group of 1–4 poems or partial group. Each prose entry: $18. Prizes: $500 each category. Theme interpreted broadly. Unlimited number of submissions. Complete anthology guidelines: E-mail: tallgrassguild@sbcglobal.net. Then submit—https://outriderpressinaffiliationwithtallgrasswritersguild.submittable.com/submit.

ATMOSPHERE PRESS is currently seeking submissions of full-length book manuscripts in all genres—from poetry to fiction to memoir and beyond. With dozens of award-winning titles, Atmosphere Press is a best-in-class hybrid publisher dedicated to honesty, transparency, professionalism, kindness, and making your book awesome. Learn more at atmospherepress.com. 

ATTENTION, WRITERS! Ares Press, a new and maverick fiction publisher, wants to consider your manuscript. We’re NOT a vanity press, and won’t charge to review your submission. A traditional publisher, we’ll compensate you if we select your work for publication. Join a new literary vanguard! Learn more at ares-press.com. 

FAW (FRIENDS OF AMERICAN WRITERS) seeks book submissions for its annual 104-year-old literary awards in 2 categories: Literature for adults and literature for children and young adults. Publishers and/or authors are invited to submit books published in 2026. Generous monetary prizes awarded. Guidelines: Authors must reside (or have resided) in the American Midwest or the book is set in the Midwest. Fiction or creative nonfiction only. No self-published, e-books, poetry, or series books. Authors who have published more than 3 books are ineligible. (If an author has multiple books published in 2026, all are eligible.) Books must be received by December 10, 2026, but we appreciate entries ASAP. No application forms or fees! For information on previous awards, please visit www.fawchicago.org/awards.php. For submission mailing address, e-mail: fawadultliterature@gmail.com. 

SARABANDE BOOKS July Open: In the month of July, Sarabande is pleased to offer an open reading period for book-length manuscripts of poetry (poetry collections, hybrid and visual poetry, book-length poems, and experimental poetry), short fiction (micro/flash fiction, short stories, novellas, and short novels), and creative nonfiction (essay collections, book-length essays, and hybrid and experimental works). The July Open is also open to proposals for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in translation. Complete guidelines at https://www.sarabandebooks.org/the-sarabande-open.

THE 2026 SPRING THEMES at Sequestrum are 1. “Place” and 2. “Family!” Accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication applies. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: July 15. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org. 

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. 

AFTER A SEVEN-YEAR HIATUS,Perfume River Poetry Review is back on its poetic journey. We are now open for submissions for our next issue on the theme of “Dreams.” For details on our call for submissions, including our $1,000 Perfume River Prize, please go to our website: https://touranepoetrypress.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/. 

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. 

BRIGHT FLASH LITERARY REVIEW is an eclectic online journal for flash and short fiction and memoir. We review work from both established and emerging writers. Admissions are always open and are always free. 1,500-word max. Website: www.brightflash1000.com. X:
@bright.flash1000. 

CALLING ALL African-themed poetry, prose, & art! Pan Writers Caravan is currently seeking poetry, prose, & artwork of all genres by Submittable for publication into African Literary Arts: One Contemporaneous Anthology Celebrating the Global Diaspora. This multi-genre collection, numbering tentatively 350–450 pages in length, will include prosodies of hybrid narratives & short story, memoirs & personal essays, poetry, artwork, and several other literary keepsakes, nuggets, and gemstones. New deadline: December 31, 2026; free submissions. Minimally $50 in compensation & international publicity for contributors; coeditors & curators Mbizo Chirasha & Anthony Ramstetter, Jr. & published by Pan Writers Caravan (www.panwriterscaravan.wordpress.com). Submittable link with full submission guidelines here: panwriterscaravan.submittable.com/submit. 

GLIMPSE SEEKS poems for Issue #60. Please note our new submission period: September 1–October 31. For guidelines, SASE to George J. Searles, Editor, Box 51, Clinton, NY 13323 or see website (www.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 for the winter issue, December 1 for the summer one. Submission guidelines: https://press-ia.scholasticahq.com/for-authors. 

MIDNIGHT MIND MAGAZINE Number Eleven is digging deep down into the world of crime fiction. So take that, suckers. A special section will feature original short stories and poetry with a pulp, 1950s crime-story feel. Think you got some writing that might fit, bub? We’ll see about that. Go to midnightmind.com to get the vibe. Send work to editor@midnightmind.com. Deadline: October 10.

NOMINEE: Ranked 6th 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. 

PEACH, THE NEW literary journal of Georgia College & State University, invites submissions (poetry and prose) for the inaugural issue. We seek fresh, visionary work distinct in voice that lives on and endures beyond the page. General submissions (fee $3): August 1–September 30. Pays $50 per poem, $150 for prose. Guidelines at www.peach.gcsu.edu. 

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 from Youth Poet Laureates for the Spring 2027 issue: Poems may be any style, but must be written by current or former youth poet laureates and ambassadors from any area. Explain with a note. Deadline: October 15. Online submissions accepted. For more information, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

SAN PEDRO RIVER REVIEW. Poetry, flash fiction, photography, & art. No submission fee. See more at www.bluehorsepress.com. 

SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW invites no-fee submissions of CNF, fiction, poetry, and visual art. This year’s suggested theme is “Connection: Networks, Relationships, and Alienation.” 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. 

STONE CANOE, the award-winning annual journal of art, writing, and ideas, is now reading submissions for its 2027 issue. The journal is open to work by poets, writers, and artists who are either current or former residents of Upstate New York. For complete submission guidelines, visit stonecanoe.submittable.com/submit or e-mail stonecanoe@ymcacny.org. 

SUBMISSIONS TO RIVER TEETH (narrative nonfiction) and Beautiful Things (micro-essays) are open September 1–December 1 & January 1–April 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/. 

SUBMIT POEMS on any subject and in any style, length, and number at any time. No submission fees. The Great American Poetry Show; e-mail: info@tgaps.com. Website: www.tgaps.net. 

TINT JOURNAL, the literary magazine for non-native English creative writing, is seeking fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language. Please visit www.tintjournal.com/submit to review Tint’s open calls and submission guidelines. No fee. #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. 

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, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net. 

ALL WRITE, COLUMBIA: Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference, November 5–8, 2026 (Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY), is accepting applications. Now in its fifth year featuring craft talks, publishing panels, guest authors, memoir feedback workshops, and more. Just 20 writers are accepted. Deadline to apply: September 25. Website: https://spencertownacademy.org/all-write-columbia/. 

JOIN US AT THE 10th Annual Taos Writers Conference in beautiful Taos, New Mexico, July 24–26, 2026, with keynote speaker and featured faculty member Alexandra Fuller (Let’s Not Go to the Dogs Tonight). Offering over 20 workshops in poetry, fiction, memoir, playwriting, screenwriting, and more. FMI: somos@somostaos.org; website: www.somostaos.org, or phone: (575) 758-0081. 

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. Submit a 60- 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.

$1,000 FLOWERSONG PRESS 2026 Gloria Anzaldúa Poetry Prize for a full-length collection of poems. First place, publication and $1,000 prize. Selected finalists may also be offered publication. FlowerSong welcomes submissions from all poets whose work aligns with the mission of the press. FlowerSong Press editors will judge. Submissions written in hybrid forms that exhibit multiple vectors of discovery are especially encouraged. Submissions open May 1–August 31. Fee: $25. Simultaneous submissions accepted. See complete contest guidelines at: https://www.flowersongpress.com/news-events/the-gloria-anzaldua-poetry-prize-2026. 

$2,000 ONLY POEMS Bob Hicok Poetry Fellowship: $1000 prize + $1,000 in workshop credits + featured publication of poems and interview in ONLY POEMS at the close of the fellowship. The winner also receives a one-on-one conversation with Bob Hicok, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and lifetime ONLY POEMS membership. Submit up to 10 pages of poetry via the submission portal. Fee: $22. Deadline: August 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines: https://onlypoems.com/bob-hicok-fellowship-for-poets. 

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by July 31 —$1,000 each for Best Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash Fiction. All winners 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.”—Orlando Dare, recent submitter. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

THE 2026 ORISON Chapbook Prize will award $300 and publication by Orison Books for a manuscript of 20–45 pages in any literary genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, or hybrid). Orison Books founder and editor Luke Hankins will judge. Submission period: April 1–July 1. Entry fee: $15. For complete guidelines, see www.orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2027 PRESS 53 AWARD for Poetry. $1,000, publication, and 53 copies awarded to an outstanding, unpublished poetry manuscript. Tom Lombardo will judge. Prizes awarded upon publication. Deadline: July 31. Winner and finalists announced by November 1. Reading fee: $30. Complete information at https://www.press53.com/award-for-poetry/. 

23RD ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS Short Story Award for best previously unpublished literary story in English (standalone, not from a novel), approximately 5,000 words. Prize: $1,000, publication on website. Reading fee: $25 per story submitted. Deadline: August 8, 2026. Detail: givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

THE ANNUAL RATTLE Poetry Prize offers $15,000 for a single poem, plus a $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award. Entry fee of $30 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: July 15. Submit up to 4 uncurated poems per entry. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is open! Now in its 16th year, the prize is for a book-length collection, $1,000, and book publication with spring 2027 titles. Judge: Dzvinia Orlowsky. Entry fee: $30. Submission deadline: June 30. On Submittable or guidelines here: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize. 

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

CHARLESTON WRITING CONTEST. Deadline: August 31. Editor’s e-mail: chatoyantmagazineeditor@yahoo.com. Submit: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/charleston-writing-contest-0JmSp. Bound by Words Magazine invites all writers to submit stories and/or poetry inspired by Charleston, SC. Stories/essays up to 2,500 words; 1–3 poems up to 30 lines each. Fee: $15. Prize: $500. Judged by the editorial team. Listed on Duotrope/Duosuma.

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. 

THE COMSTOCK REVIEW Chapbook Contest August 1–October 31: Prize: $1,000 and 50 author’s copies. Judge: Martin Willetts, Jr. Anonymous judging. $30 entry fee includes copy of winning chapbook. Guidelines updated annually. Submit manuscripts (25–34 pages) online via Submittable OR by mail to Comstock Review Chapbook, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. See www.comstockreview.org or comstockreview.submittable.com/submit. 

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

EX OPHIDIA PRESS Poetry Prize in memory of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds for book-length manuscripts (48–100 pages). Top prize: $2,000, publication/distribution, 10 author copies. Reading fee: $25. Enter May 1–September 15. Entrants must reside in North America. Judge: Leslie Adrienne Miller. See our contest guidelines at www.exophidiapress.org. Submit through Submittable.

FISCHER CANTOR CONTESTS... Fischer: 30th year. Open to all topics, all styles, all poets writing in English anywhere in the world. 2025 winner: California’s Claire Blotter. 2026 judge: Virginia’s Lesley Wheeler. Cantor: 9th year. Open to Colorado poets on any topic, or any poet writing in English submitting poems about Colorado. 2025 winner: Colorado’s Alicia Rebecca Myers. 2026 judge: New Mexico’s Scott Andrew Nicolay. Both: Prizes = $1,000 winner, five $250 finalist prizes. $14 fee per poem, 3 for $35. Start: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Feedback: $10 per poem. Read guidelines carefully. For more information: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. 

THE GRAYSON BOOKS Poetry Prize, open to all poets writing in English, is accepting submissions between June 1 and August 15. Submit 50–90 pages, including title page and contents. Electronic submissions only. Website: https://graysonbooks.submittable.com/submit. No contact info on manuscript. Entry fee: $26. Winner will be awarded $1,000, publication, and 10 copies. Simultaneous submissions acceptable. Bruce Cohen will judge this year’s contest. Website: www.graysonbooks.com. 

THE HIVE POETRY COLLECTIVE announces the 2026 Morton Marcus Poetry Prize. Submit 1 poem, $18/entry. Judge: Brynn Saito. Winner receives $1,000 and invitation to read at the 17th Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading featuring Lee Herrick, November 19, 2026. Website: hivepoetry.org/morton-marcus-prize/. Deadline: September 30.

KINSMAN AVENUE PUBLISHING, Inc. invites submissions of 1-act and full-length plays, especially those that amplify BIPOC and underrepresented playwrights and communities. We seek bold, original scripts that reflect diverse cultures, perspectives, and lived experiences, including school plays that reflect the lives of Black and Brown students. Selected works may receive up to $500 in cash prizes, along with royalties from digital downloads and performance licenses. Submissions are open year-round, and there is no entry fee. Learn more and submit: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/kinsmanblockbox. 

THE MEMOIR PRIZE FOR BOOKS awards up to $5,000 for full-length memoir, essay collection, graphic art, creative, and narrative nonfiction works of exceptional merit. There are no restrictions on subject matter, page count, type of publisher, or the year of publication. Deadline: August 31. Find out more at: https://memoirmag.com. 

ONE ROOM. One hour. One essay. $1,000 for winners each month. Explore The Challenge and submit at jackwieland.com. Write up your experience in less than 1,000 words. See how others have done it and what they’ve found at oneroomonehour.substack.com. No deadline, but why wait? Share your room with the world.

ONEPAGEPOETRY.COM—Now accepting entries for our 2026 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 first place, $1,000 for second, $500 for third, and inclusion of 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. Poems must be unpublished, up to 75 lines, any style; $20 fee per 2-poem submission. 2026 award deadline TBA. Phone: (412) 578-6346; e-mail sewilliams412@carlow.edu; or www.carlow.edu/dobler for complete rules.

RED WHEELBARROW Poetry Prize 2026: $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside, $500 for second, $250 for third. Final judge is CA poet laureate Lee Herrick. Submit up to 3 original unpublished poems. $15 entry fee. Deadline: July 31. For complete guidelines, visit http://redwheelbarrow.submittable.com. 

TERRAIN.ORG, the award-winning online literary journal of place, 17th Annual Contest in Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. All submissions considered for publication. $20/entry. $1,000 prize/genre, $200 for finalists. Deadline: September 7 (Labor Day). Submit and pay online. Guidelines: www.terrain.org/contest. 

TOM HOWARD/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. 24th 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/tompoetry. 

THE WILLOW SPRINGS Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize, $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs magazine, is awarded for a surrealist poem. Michael Hettich will be the final judge. Submit up to 3 poems for a $15 entry fee. The deadline is September 15. Visit our website for guidelines: www.inside.ewu.edu/willowspringsmagazine/surreal-prize. 

PERSIMMON TREE (online journal of the arts by women over 60) wishes to fill two new positions: development director (to oversee semiannual fundraising campaigns and develop new fundraising strategies); and publicist/marketing specialist (to develop/run initiatives to increase recognition of the the magazine and expand our subscriber base). Persimmon Tree staff are volunteers. Résumés to publisher@persimmontree.org.

I-70 REVIEW announces that Ted Kooser chose Deborah Majors as the winner of the Bill Hickok Award for Humor in Poetry for her poem “Just What Do You Do All Day While I’m at Work.” The poem will be published in the 2026 edition of I-70 Review.

ONE ROOM WITH private entrance and bath in a relaxed, serene, and beautiful creekside w/mini-waterfall mid-Hudson Valley country setting that nurtures the creativity of poets, writers, and creatives. Fifteen minutes from Kingston, NYS Thruway, Trailways bus station, Woodstock, and Ashokan Reservoir. Reasonable rates. Write (tycho56@aol.com) or call (845) 489-8038 to inquire.

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

TREEWILD HOSTS The Well of Wisdom, November 2–10, Roscommon, Ireland. For writers of fiction, creative non-fiction, poets, and visual artists who work with words. Generative, imagination-sparking workshops begin and end each day, and in between, dive deep into your work, with an uninterrupted 7 hours of writing time. Website: treewild.org/ireland-retreat/. 

ZIGBONE FARM RETREAT, near DC/Balt in Catoctin Mtns. $150 P&W discount. Novel Writing w/Tammy Greenwood (July); Inspired Writing w/Eugenia Kim (Sept.). Grand lodge artistically built 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. 

SUMMER/FALL 2026 residencies filling quickly! Apply/reserve your stay at Dorland Mountain Arts today! Nestled in protected land overlooking Temecula’s wine country in Southern California. Five cozy cottages each with dedicated workspaces for artists/writers/musicians; spacious porches, nature trails, ponds, quiet natural surroundings inspiring creativity. E-mail: info@dorlandmountainarts.org; website: www.dorlandmountainarts.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

45 YEARS OF PUBLISHING experience. Founder/former director of Paris Press provides astute manuscript consultations and coaching for writers and poets. “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). “Jan’s ear and her perceptive 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). Website: www.janfreeman.net/editing-services. E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com. 

A+ PATH TO PUBLISHING consultations with query letter perfection + a customized agent/publisher list. Schedule 1:1 or join our Fall 2026 cohort. Let’s do this together! From The Story Catalyst, novelist/memoirist and book coach Carolyn Flynn. Website: carolynflynn.com/work-with-me/. Schedule a free call: calendly.com/carolyn-777/30min-free-find-out-more. 

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. 

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 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. 

ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE SERVICES: Visit my website for budget-sensitive options. Marcia Trahan, memoirist (Mercy) and editor with 22 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. 

AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENTAL/copy editing, book coaching, publishing, and marketing consultation: Manuscript maneuvers that will make your prose pop, offered by an award-winning fiction/nonfiction author/editor with both traditional and self-publishing experience. See www.suggesteddevelopment.com for information, rates, and testimonials. E-mail: dawnbarclayauthor@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, Ph.D. 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. 

LINE EDITING: Award-winning author (13 books) and MFA mentor Sandra Scofield (The Scene Book) offers prompt, affordable line editing of novels and memoirs. Assure flow, clarity, resonance. Free trial. Contact: sandrascofield@gmail.com. 

MENTORING AND MANUSCRIPT ASSESSMENT: Providing expert editorial appraisal and help to poets at all levels. Award-winning poet and fiction writer, educator, and mentor to many writers in the United States and abroad now available for intensive manuscript review. Offering line-by-line editing and much more. E-mail me at susansonde@msn.com for in-depth details and testimonials.

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 17TH MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat in the Berkshires, October 8–13, 2026. Enjoy the restorative autumn beauty of New England, writing dozens of drafts in museum galleries of MASS MoCA and the Clark Art Institute. 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. 

33RD ANNUAL Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, January 15-18, 2027, 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. Learn more and register here: www.stockton.edu/wintergetaway. 

FREE COMMUNITY WRITING SPACES: Generative Workshops for Stress Management & Submissions Meetups —overwhelmed by stress and/or submitting your writing for publication? Join these virtual writing spaces where you’ll leave with new drafts, encouraging feedback, submissions support, and stress relief from creative expression paired with community connection. Website: www.laurenoertel.com/community-writing-spaces. 

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. 

WRITING CO-LAB provides dynamic classes in every genre to deepen your craft, accountability groups that foster community, and one-on-one coaching programs designed to meet your personal creative needs. We are cooperatively run by artists committed to the joyous power of the written word. Learn more at www.writingco-lab.com/.