Submission Opportunities: June 2025
Writers, check out these submission opportunities for the month of June!
Routine Disruption!
What to do when your writing routine is disrupted.
“The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree” by India Hayford
Review of Song of the Blue Bottle Tree by India Hayford with a craft analysis of first and last lines
The Role of Literary Citizenship
The importance of building community support in writing.
Summertime Sadness: Flash Fiction Contest!
Something to do this Summer! 100 words micro flash fiction contest. $100 prize. Submissions open May 16-30.
May Live Submission Party
In this live submission party, we discuss navigating rejections, finding the right fit for your work, and the significance of crafting compelling cover letters.
Submission Opportunities: May 2025
Attention writers! Check out some submission opportunities for May! And join our LIve Submission Party May 5!
“Soft Burial” by Fang Fang
Soft Burial by Fang Fang was originally met with critical acclaim upon its publication in China in 2016 and even received the Lu Yao Literature Award, but by May 2017, the work had been denounced and removed from stores.
The novel opens with a nameless protagonist suffering from amnesia since 1952 after being pulled, barely alive, from a river.…
Ending Stories with Style
Coco Chanel famously said, “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off.” Meant to curtail over-accessorizing, her fashion advice, a mantra for simplicity and elegance, can, in many ways, be applied to writing. From the sentence level to complete manuscripts, writers are encouraged to strive for concision—replacing a dull string of words with one perfect pearl or an awkward stitching between paragraphs with a seamless transition.…
A Work in Progress: Year One
Jack Morgan writes an irregular column on learning to write with brain lesions.
It’s been almost a year since I received my primary progressive multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and anyone who read the first few articles in this column knows that I started my stages of grief deep in a dark place.…