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ALL THE GRIEF WE CANNOT SEE: Community Hospital Closures & Other Systemic Losses. 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 email to Geraldine Gorman: [email protected].

EDITOR BETH HOUSTON is reading for Rhizome Press’s next anthology, Extreme Formal Poems II. Only poems adhering to the guidelines will be considered. The print book will be available first on Amazon during winter 2027. See www.rhizomepress.com for details and links to previous anthologies and included poets. Submission is free. Deadline: January 15, 2027.

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. 

SIXTEEN RIVERS PRESS, a regional publishing collective, seeks full-length poetry manuscripts from Northern California poets. Submission period: November 1 to February 1. No fee. All styles welcome. Authors become active members of the press for 3 years. For complete guidelines, go to www.sixteenrivers.org.

PROLIFIC PRESS (since 2009) chapbook submissions are open. Poetry manuscripts of 20 pages, or one fiction or nonfiction story of 5k–6k words. Accepted authors pay nothing to be published, keep their copyright, and receive 10 free copies. $1 reading fee per manuscript through the end of 2026. Details online: https://prolificpress.com/submit.

THE 2026 SEPTEMBER–December call at Sequestrum is for 1. Reprints 2. Home. We’re accepting previously published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication applies. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: December 15. Email: [email protected]. 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. 

THE AWAKENINGS REVIEW is seeking submissions from writers and poets who have experience with mental illnesses, either in themselves, family members, or friends. Published twice a year, we prefer submissions about healing, hope, and recovery. First, read submission guidelines at www.awakeningsproject.org. 

BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for a theme issue on “Migrations”—the movements we choose, endure, inherit, resist, or imagine as part of the human story of health, illness, and healing. Submissions open September 1–December 31; fee: $5. Website: www.blreview.org. 

THE BLACK MOUNTAIN PRESS reading period is open for poetry, novels, short story collections, and children’s books. Submit at: https://theblackmountainpress.com/projects/shop/ now and through February 2027. The BMP is recovering from Helene, when our building and offices were completely destroyed. We appreciated your support over the past year of rebuilding!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Creosote: a journal of poetry and prose. Please submit hard copies of 3–5 poems or prose up to 5,000 words. Submission deadline: March 1. Simultaneous submissions OK with notice. Mail to: Creosote, Ken Raines, editor, Eastern Arizona College, 615 N. Stadium Ave., Thatcher, AZ 85552.

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. 

CLOCKHOUSE, published by Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, seeks submissions from emerging and established writers for Volume 14 (2027). We’re looking for work that beckons us to listen, share, and engage: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, and dramatic work for stage and screen. Submissions: September 1–November 15. Guidelines at clockhouse.net/submit. 

COLLATERAL PUBLISHES literary and visual art concerned with the impact of violent conflict and military service beyond the combat zone. We read year round, charge no fees, and publish each May and November. Submit through our website: www.collateraljournal.com. 

COMSTOCK REVIEW open reading period: NO FEE January 1, 2027–March 31, 2027. Guidelines updated annually—www.comstockreview.org or on Submittable. No previously published or AI-assisted poems. 60 lines maximum, line length 70 characters. Submit poems through Submittable, comstockreview.submittable.com/submit or mail to: Comstock Review, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215.

DASH LITERARY JOURNAL is reading for its 18th print issue with publication in May 2027! We’re seeking previously unpublished poems (less than 30 lines), fiction, nonfiction hybrid (up to 2,000 words), and black-and- white artwork. Reading closes February 1, 2027. Submissions accepted only through our Duosuma link found here: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/dash-literary-journal-vJg2x. 

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. 28, which will be published in spring 2027, must be submitted between September 1 and December 1, 2026.

GIRLS RIGHT THE WORLD is a literary journal inviting girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work for consideration for the tenth annual issue. We believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. We accept poetry, prose, and visual art of any style or theme. We ask to be the first to publish your work in North America; after publication, the rights return to you. Send your best art and/or writing, in English or English translation, to [email protected] by December 30, 2026. Please include a note mentioning your age, where you’re from, and a bit about your submission.

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. 

MISTAKE HOUSE MAGAZINE invites submissions of fiction and poetry by students currently enrolled in graduate or undergraduate colleges and universities worldwide. We seek inventive writing that plays with process, craft, and form. Submissions close March 20, 2027. Guidelines at www.mistakehouse.org/submit. 

MUSE LITERARY JOURNAL opens for submissions October 15. Send one piece of fiction (1,500 words max) OR one piece of creative nonfiction (1,500 words max) OR 1 art piece OR up to 3 poems. Submit at http://museliteraryjournal.submittable.com. Submissions close January 31, 2027.

PERSIMMON TREE, the online magazine of the arts entirely by women over 60, accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and commentary from established and emerging writers and artists. There are NO submission fees. Website: https://persimmontree.org/submissions/. 

RATTLE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS of prompted poems for our weekly livestreaming podcast. Each Rattlecast episode ends with a specific prompt. Submit your poems in response. All submissions are also considered for publication in Rattle. Deadline: Sundays. For the current prompt, recent guests, and guidelines, visit our channel: www.youtube.com/rattlepoetry. 

SLAB IS STILL AI FREE, in content and staff! Seeking your sharpest, obsidian-edged CNF, fiction, poetry, and text-and image work for our upcoming issue #21. All submissions read by the most beautiful people in the mid-Atlantic literary community. Reading period: Right now to April 15, 2027. Submission info/back issues at slablitmag.org. 

STORIES OF INSPIRATION rolling submissions open! Submit an original, unpublished nonfiction personal essay (500–1,200 words) celebrating resilience, culture, or the arts within marginalized communities. No entry fee. Selected entries receive $100 USD and publication in Kinsman Quarterly. Details here: https://www.kinsmanquarterly.org/stories-of-inspiration-open-submissions. 

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; email: [email protected]. 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.

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 [email protected]. For more, contact [email protected]. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net. 

SANTA BARBARA LITERARY FESTIVAL returns May 1–2, 2027, in DTSB. Panels, workshops, keynotes, and more. “SBLF delivered sizzle and substance, which propelled the inaugural launch of this new festival”—Santa Barbara Independent; www.santabarbaraliteraryfestival.org to apply now. 2026 keynotes were Walter Mosley, Steven Rowling, Chris Whitaker, & Kim Michele Richardson.

$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 our website at: www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

2027 BECHTEL PRIZE: Teachers & Writers Magazine seeks essays describing a creative writing teaching experience, project, or activity that demonstrates innovation in creative writing instruction. $1,000 will be awarded to the winner, with additional prizes for a runner-up and honorable mention. Visit www.teachersandwritersmagazine.org/bechtel-prize for submission guidelines. Deadline: January 10, 2027. Winners announced spring 2027.

AFTER 15 YEARS in publishing, Tourane Poetry Press is proud to launch our very own book award! Please submit to our River of Poetry Book Prize competition. Winner receives $1,000 and 15 author copies. For more information, please visit touranepoetrypress.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/. 

AMITY LITERARY PRIZE offers publication and a $1,000 cash prize annually. Although only 1 winner will be chosen, we may offer to publish other manuscripts submitted to the competition. Previous winners include Chad V. Broughman for The Fall of Bellwether, winner also of the Hawthorne Prize, 2024. Submit online. Website: https://anamcara-press.com/past-winners/. 

THE 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 10,000+ subscribers. Entry fee of $35 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: January 15, 2027. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

BOOK CONTEST: IML Publications Paris/NYC, a boutique press. $1,000s in prizes. We are looking for high quality, 50-page submissions of memoir, fiction and nonfiction, November 1 to December 20: Website: www.imlpublications.com/contest. $40 fee. $10 for indigenous. Finalists submit completed manuscripts, January 2027, judged by Jacqueline Gay Walley. "Recommended by Reedsy!"

CALIFORNIA STATE POETRY SOCIETY seeks unpublished poems for its California Quarterly (year-round, via Submittable.com) and its Annual Contest (accepted March 1–June 30). Poems invited for CSPS Poetry Letter and Monthly Contests. See www.californiastatepoetrysociety.com for publications, membership, submission requirements, and details. Write to CSPS, P.O. Box 4288, Sunland, CA 91041-4288.

CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS seeks book- length short fiction manuscripts of at least 60k words for our Ben Nyberg Short Fiction Collection Contest between September 1 and December 31, 2026. Entry fee $30. Prize $500 + publication + advertising. See our submission guidelines at www.choeofpleirnpress.com/short-fiction-collection-contest. 

CIDER PRESS REVIEW Book Award. Prize: $1,500 and publication of full-length poetry collection. All entrants will receive the winning book. Reading period: August 1–October 31. Judge: Julia Bouwsma. Reading fee: $28. 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 31. Submit book-length manuscript (48–72 pages), acknowledgements, table of contents, and cover page (name, address, phone, email) to: https://codhillpoetryaward.submittable.com/submit. $30 entry fee. For complete guidelines: www.codhill.com. 

COLORADO PRIZE for Poetry. $2,500 honorarium and book publication. Submit book-length collection of poems by January 14, 2027. Final judge is Juliana Spahr. $28 entry fee includes subscription to Colorado Review. Complete guidelines at https://coloradoprize.colostate.edu or Colorado Prize for Poetry, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.

DIVERSE POETRY & PLAYS wanted.Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc. seeks captivating works by BIPOC and traditionally underrepresented poets and playwrights! Enter POETRY SLAM 2027 by October 31, 2026, for poetry ($10 fee), or submit 1-act and full-length plays to Kinsman Black Box year-round ($15 fee). Cash prizes up to $500. Website: https://www.kinsmanquarterly.org/contests. 

GRAYSON BOOKS Chapbook Contest. $500 and 50 gorgeous copies will be awarded to the winner. Submit 16–36 pages poetry, $20 reading fee. January 31 deadline. Entries through Submittable: http://graysonbooks.submittable.com/. Simultaneous submissions accepted if we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Christopher Buckley will judge. See www.graysonbooks.com for complete guidelines. 

GREGORY O’DONOGHUE COMPETITION for best single poem. 2026 judge Shangyang Fang. First Prize: €2,000, featured reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival with 4-night hotel stay (if living outside Cork, Ireland) and full board. Winning poem featured on the Southword Poetry Podcast and published in Southword Journal. Some former winners also published in Best American Poetry, Forward, and Pushcart anthologies. Full details at www.munsterlit.ie. 

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, 2027. Guidelines and entry forms are available on the BIO website: www.biographersinternational.org/rowley-prize. 

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, 2027, via Submittable. See the website for complete guidelines: www.longleafpress.org. 

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: February 28, 2027. 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. 

POETS WHO ARE 55 years or older on December 31 are encouraged to submit a full-length manuscript for the John Ridland Poetry Prize. Joshua McKinney will judge. Submissions accepted between September 1 and December 31. The prize includes $500, publication by Gunpowder Press, and 10 author copies. Details at www.gunpowderpress.com. 

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

PRISM REVIEW Poetry/Story Contests! $250 prizes! Great judges! Poetry: Sara Ellen Fowler (Two Signatures). Fiction: Sean Bernard (Desert Sonorous, Studies in the Hereafter, Can Writing Be Taught & Other Novel Ideas). $10 entry gets you a great $10 issue. Deadline: Midnight, November 30. Website: prismreview.submittable.com/submit. 

RIVER HERON REVIEW loves to read your poetry submissions. Two open calls, September 1 through November 15: Issue 10.1, our biannual publication, and our Editors’ Prize with $500 award, plus four $100 finalists. We also offer a November writing retreat and a variety of creative writing workshops with experienced facilitators. Info at www.riverheronreview.com. 

SELECTED SHORTS’ Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Contest judged by author A.M. Homes. 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 5, 2027. For complete guidelines, visit www.selectedshorts.org. 

SLAB’S 2027 BOGGS Creative Nonfiction Prize seeks essays of all lengths. First place: $1,000 and publication; second: 500/publication. All submissions considered for publication. Judge: Hattie Fletcher, cofounder of “Short Reads” and senior editor at Belt Publishing and Autumn House Press. Reading period: Right now to April 15; $10 reading fee. Details: slablitmag.org. 

SPANGLER AWARD SUBMISSIONS open October 15—send up to 3 poems about a child or childhood. Winner receives $200 and publication in Spring 2027 edition of MUSE Literary Journal. $5 fee, submit at http://museliteraryjournal.submittable.com. Full guidelines at www.rcc.edu/muse. Submissions close January 31, 2027.

THE DOORWAY EFFECT: An interdisciplinary retreat for poets and composers in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. June 12–20, 2027. Workshops, performances, individual mentorships and conferences, and evenings of conversation, music, and fado. Structure when you want it; time to walk, write, and wander. Faculty: Tom Weaver, Tim Fitts, John Wall Barger. Guest editor Tammy Ho. Scholarships available. Apply at: thedoorwayeffect.com. 

FIND YOUR STORY in the quiet. Escape distractions and give your writing room to breathe at Cahuilla Mountain Retreat, a secluded mountain home on 5 acres bordering national forest wilderness. Mountain views, peaceful writing spaces, hot tub, and 2 king bedrooms. About 2 hours from LA and San Diego. P&W exclusive: Get 6 nights when you buy 4. Visit writers.cmretreat.org or call/text Quinn at (213) 408-9968.

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. Check: www.porcheswritingretreat.com or email: [email protected] for details.

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL “Writing Down the Baja” February 13–21, 2027, Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico. Launch or renew your commitment to writing on the inspirational Baja. Seven days of workshops, evening presentations, field trips, lodging and meals all-inclusive. 2027 faculty: Ellen Waterston, author, Oregon poet laureate; author Craig Childs; poet Daiva Chesonis. Reserve now “Writing Down the Baja 2027,” Todos Santos’ longest-running writing retreat. Questions? [email protected]. 

WRITE IN A CASTLE in Bordeaux, France. Join Taking Flight: Travel Poetry and Memoir. May 2–8, 2027. Award winning poet and essayist Susan Rich returns to the castle, which includes a 4-star chef and concierge. This all-women retreat includes a bird sanctuary and more. Please apply at forewordretreats.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 email: [email protected]. 

WINTER/SPRING 2026/2027 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. Email: [email protected]; website: www.dorlandmountainarts.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

2026 ONLINE ADVENT CALENDAR of Poetry Prompts—write 31 new poems in December with a virtual calendar filled with surprise daily prompts. Just $25—less than $1 a day! Get yours at https://twosylviaspress.com/advent-calendar-prompts.html.

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. Email: [email protected]. 

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: [email protected]. Website: tomjenks.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. Email: [email protected]. 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 advice. Author of We (Red Hen Press, 2025), Event Boundaries, Anxious Music (Four Way Books). Former SNU CW MFA faculty. Website: www.aprilossmann.com. Email: [email protected]. 

AT PORCHES WRITING RETREAT: A comprehensive 3-day 1-on-1 novel consultation, offering a deep dive into your manuscript with editor and publisher Greg Michalson for writers who have a finished or nearly finished draft. A unique chance to work with an editor best known for working with award-winning debut novelists, includes 4 nights in an 1854 farmhouse on the James River, VA; website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com/oneon-one-novel-workshop for details.

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. Email:
[email protected]. 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. Email: [email protected]. 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. Email: [email protected]. 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. Email: [email protected]; website: www.andreacanaan.blog. 

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. Email me at [email protected] 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. Email: [email protected]. For further details, please visit website: www.rogerweingarten.com. 

READY TO TAKE the next step as an author? We provide professional editing, illustrations, book covers, video trailers, and publishing opportunities for new and experienced authors at The Dramatic Pen Press, a Christian-owned company. Visit us at https://www.thedramaticpen.com to find out more and take your craft to the next level.

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. 

TYPING. $2.81 per 250 words, roughly 22 lines a page. Hard to read is more. Email: [email protected]. 

THE 18TH MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat in the Berkshires, May 6–May 11, 2027. Enjoy the restorative spring beauty of New England, writing dozens of drafts in museum galleries of MASS MoCA, WCMA, 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; email: [email protected]. 

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. Learn more and register today: www.stockton.edu/wintergetaway. 

AWAKE ON THE PAGE—fall online writing workshop with Edgar-finalist novelist Jennifer Cody Epstein (The Madwomen of Paris), featuring craft conversations with Pulitzer finalist Rebecca Makkai and bestselling author Janice Y.K. Lee. This cycle explores point of view, among other essential craft elements. Wednesdays, October 21–November 18, 7–8:30 PM EST. Capped at 15. $75 off with code WELCOME. jennifercodyepstein.com/awake-on-the-page-workshop/. 

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. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.philawordshop.com. 

WHAT YOUR BOOK PROPOSAL absolutely needs. Online workshops and 1:1 coaching. Six elements for a stunning overview, eight sections of a proposal and how to nail them, nine essential questions you must answer. Website: bit.ly/4wLFbe1 or book a free 30-minute discovery call to find out what’s right for you: bit.ly/discoverycallwithCarolyn. Website: Carolynflynn.substack.com. Why a Book Proposal Is So Hard to Write. Website: bit.ly/letitbeeasy777; www.carolynflynn.com. 

WRITE IN ITALY with Kim Addonizio & Donna Masini! An intimate retreat/workshop/adventure with 2 well-established poets and supportive teachers (several books, anthologies, The New Yorker, Poetry, etc.), September 1-11, 2027. Serene former monastery in Umbria. Included: workshops, meals, lodging, day trips to Spoleto, Assisi, & more. Early sign-up discount (November). Info: https://laromita.org; https://kimaddonizio.com; https://donnamasini.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 https://www.writingco-lab.com/.