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- How one author turned a streak of rejections into a game that revived their writing mojo... and their acceptance letters
- TOMORROW: Good To Extraordinary: The Power Of Point Of View, with award-winning storyteller and author, Sage Tyrtle— Saturday, September 27, 1pm Eastern. Recording-only option available. $10 discount code.
- Markets and contests with submissions open or opening soon
- Winners of our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest - this week, third place winner "Suck The Marrow Clean" by J. Needham. When Danny agrees to a shootout in a corrupt cowtown, he knows death ain't the end. It's only the beginning.
- October 18: From Tag Line to Pitch Deck: Packaging Your Story for Multiple Markets led by award-winning author, Lavie Tidhar. Newsletter discount.
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Sage Tyrtle has had over 60 stories published and led over 150 writing workshops. But when a months' long streak of submission rejections turned into an existential crisis ("I'm not a writer, after all"), Sage withdrew from the writing world. That is, until a little birthday sushi dinner inspired Sage to turn rejections into a game. That's when the writing mojo, and the acceptance letters, returned. Read more on Sage's blog...
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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 to transform good stories into extraordinary ones.
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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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- 📰 Twenty-two Twenty-eight is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them between 500 and 2,000 words of prose writing, or between five and seven poems. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 📘 Camel Press is open to submissions of full-length historical fiction, romance, and mystery novels. Send them a query letter, synopsis, author bio, marketing plan, and the first 50 pages. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 📙 The Poetry Lighthouse is open to submissions of full-length poetry collections between 60 and 200 pages. Send them a cover letter and full manuscript. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 🧟♀️ Broken Antler is looking for boundary-pushing horror stories, poems, and creative nonfiction. Send them your creepiest stories of up to 3,000 words, 4,000 words of creative nonfiction, or up to five poems. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 🕯️ After Dinner Conversation wants short stories that encourage ethical and philosophical debate. They welcome stories for adults, children, or young adults of up to 5,000 words (shorter stories preferred for younger audiences). No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- ❤️🩹 Awakenings Review is a journal that supports creators who struggle with mental illness. They prefer working with writers who face these challenges or have faced them in the past, or people who have supported sufferers of mental illness in their lives. They’re open to submissions of prose writing of up to 4,000 words, or up to five poems. No submissions fee!
- 🗞️ Literary Yard is open to submissions of short stories, essays, and poems. Their guidelines are pretty sparse, so have a look around their site to get a sense of what they publish. No submissions fee!
- 🐦⬛ Steel Jackdaw is looking for submissions of “all forms of creative expression”, including short stories of up to 2,500 words, essays of up to 1,000 words, or poems of up to 40 lines. No submissions fee!
- 🌊 Azure is open to submissions of literary fiction, poetry, and hybrid mediums of up to 50 pages. No submissions fee!
- 🦴 Marrow Magazine is open to submissions of short fiction and creative nonfiction of up to 7,500 words, or up to three poems in any style. No submissions fee!
- ⚡️ Bright Flash Literary Review is open to submissions of flash fiction between 50 and 1,500 words. No submissions fee!
- 🏝️ Seashores Haiku Journal is a publication that celebrates the haiku form. Send them your best tiny poems (they have lots of tips on their website, too). No submissions fee!
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For the next four weeks, we'll be publishing the third- and second-place winning flash fiction stories from our Weird West Quick Draw contest held in July.
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