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- What do editors want from authors? An Editor’s Perspective by Rebecca E Treasure, Managing Editor at Apex Magazine—external link
- Newsletter discount for Six Powerful Exercises To Polish Your Prose, with Apex Magazine Managing Editor, Rebecca E Treasure—coming September 12, 3pm Eastern
- Markets and contests with submissions open or opening soon
- Announcing the Winners of our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest
- Newsletter discount: Good To Extraordinary: The Power of Point Of View with award-winning storyteller, Sage Tyrtle—September 27, 1pm Eastern
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From Published Finalist, to Writers of the Future winner, to Managing Editor of Apex Magazine. Rebecca E Treasure shares the answers to the question she gets asked the most by authors: what do you want from me? Get inside the head of an editor and popular RYA instructor. Click here to read the piece.
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Markets and Contests
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Many thanks to Scribophile for sponsoring this week's open submissions. Scribophile is a free welcoming community of writers where you're guaranteed to get solid critiques on your work. You can also get 20% off your first purchase using coupon code APEX20.
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- 🏙️ The London Magazine is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them stories of up to 4,000 words, essays of up to 2,000 words, or up to five poems of no more than 40 lines each before September 30th. They’ll open for a number of free submissions at the start of the month, so submit early to avoid the submissions fee. 💰Paying market!💰
- 🚀 Radon Journal is a sci-fi magazine that specializes in social commentary. Send them short stories of up to 5,000 words or up to five poems. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 🗑️ Fatal Flaw is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry on the theme of “Trash”. Send them between 1,000 and 7,000 words of prose writing, or up to three poems, before September 12th. Note that they offer fee-free submissions for underrepresented communities including writers of colour, disabled writers, and LGBTQ writers.
- 🧛🏻♀️ Tales of Horror is open to submissions of short horror stories of up to 5,000 words, or a single poem of any length. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 🎨 Palette Poetry is open to submissions of up to five poems in any style. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- ✨ Eye to the Telescope is looking for poetry on the theme of “Cyberpunk”. Send them up to three poems in any style before September 15th. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 👁️ Three-Lobed Burning Eye is looking for dark fantasy, horror, or sci-fi stories between 500 and 7,499 words. Send them your best before September 16th. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 📖 Novellum Magazine is open to submissions of fiction up to novella length, poetry, creative nonfiction, and graphic narratives. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 📚 The Innovation Press is open to submissions of full-length books for children and MG readers. Send them a synopsis, author bio, and the first 10 pages. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
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Newsletter Discount
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Announcing the winners of our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest.
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Dive into first, second, and third person perspectives, learning how each shapes reader connection and emotional impact. We'll use these tools to heighten tension, control reveals, and make every narrative choice intentional. Through guided exercises, you’ll see how POV works transform good stories into extraordinary ones.
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