• VIDEO — The Unique Power And Specific Weaknesses Of Collective Point-Of-View in this workshop video excerpt from award-winning storyteller and published author, Sage Tyrtle.
• Markets and contests with submissions open or opening soon.
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  Memoir As Speculative Fiction: Finding The Fantastic In Your Real Life with award-winning storyteller and published author Sage Tyrtle.
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Collective Point-Of-View: It's Unique Powers And Specific Weaknesses

Markets and Contests

• 🏡 Engen Books is open to submissions of short stories for a forthcoming anthology of “suburban gothic”. Send them work of up to 7,500 words before March 31st. Note that this call is only open to Canadian authors. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 🌲 Strangers in a Tangled Willderness is open to writing of any length for a range of formats, including magazines and full-length books. Send them a full manuscript. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 📱 Doom Scroll is a forthcoming anthology of — you guessed it — social media horror. Send them stories between 200 and 2,000 words before March 31st. There is an extended deadline for writers from traditionally underrepresented communities. Note that they have specific submission instructions to ensure there’s no AI use. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 🎻 The Eye Contact Prize is open to entries of fantasy flash fiction on the theme of “Symphony”. The writer of the best story receives a prize of $250. Submit stories of 1,000 words or less before March 31st. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 📕 Fernwood Press is open to submissions of poetry collections between 50 and 100 pages. Send them a query letter and full manuscript. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 🦵🏻B O D Y is open to submissions of flash fiction and poetry. Send them stories of up to 1,000 words, or up to five poems, before March 31st. No submissions fee!
• 📜 The Rush Magazine is open to submissions of formal poetry and microstories of up to 300 words. They’re also looking for photos that have a narrative element. No submissions fee!
• 🍏 The Core Review is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them up to 6,000 words of prose writing, or up to 10 pages of poetry, before March 31st. No submissions fee!
• 🗞️ Every Day Fiction is open to submissions of flash fiction of up to 1,000 words. No submissions fee!
• 👻 Shadow’s Call is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them up to 2,500 words of prose writing, or a single poem of any length, before March 31st. No submissions fee!
• 🌚 Night Picnic is open to submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry of any length, including serialised novels. Note that this seems to be a non-paying market, so your longer work may be better used elsewhere. No submissions fee!
• 🔥 Brushfire is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them up to 3,000 words of prose writing, or up to 10 poems in any style. No submissions fee!

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