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- VIDEO — Winning Horror Hook Techniques with award-winning author KC Grifant. Get KC's top techniques for crafting opening hooks in your horror stories that'll grab and keep readers' attention.
- Markets and contests with submissions open or opening soon.
- NEXT FRIDAY. Nostalgia Sells: Writing Coming Of Age Horror — June 26, join Tom Deady, 2016 Bram Stoker Award-winning author of HAVEN for this live 90 minute webinar. Explore all facets of the coming-of-age journey. Create and grow a believable, likable protagonist to star in your story. Learn how to use the everyday struggle of growing up as a backdrop to your story. And more! NEW LOWER PRICE.
- ðŠðŧ F*ck Infl*tion. We're lowering our prices. Reach Your Apex is a business. But it's also a part of the writing community, and right now the community is feeling the pinch. So until further notice, the price on live workshops has been lowered by $10 to $39. One price. Everyone gets access to both the live workshop and unlimited viewings of the recording. Solidarity âðž
- Care to drabble with us? Each week our drabble community writes 100 words (or they don't—their call) to a single-word theme.
- This Week's Prompt. An interesting item from the news to provide you with fodder for your creativity. This week: Physics theories about the multiverse are stranger than fiction.
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Winning Horror Hook Techniques with award-winning author KC Grifant Get KC's top techniques for crafting opening hooks in your horror stories that'll grab and keep readers' attention
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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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- ðïļ Josephine Quarterly is open to submissions of up to five poems. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ðž Beyond the Red Line is a forthcoming anthology of working class horror. Send them stories between 2,000 and 6000 words before June 30th. They’re also reading for a forthcoming volume on Lovecraftian horror. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ð§ðŧâïļ The Arcanist is open to submissions of fantasy short stories, essays, and poems, with a preference for high fantasy and adventure. Send them short stories between 4,000 and 10,000 words, essays of up to 5,000 words, or up to five poems before June 30th. They also serialise novellas of up to 50,000 words. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ð―ïļ Recorded is a forthcoming anthology of found media stories including video transcripts, emails, voice mails, and so on. Send them work between 500 and 3,000 words before June 30th. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ð§ðŧâïļ Mertails is a forthcoming anthology of mermaids/men/people/creatures. Send them stories between 2,000 and 10,000 words before June 30th. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ð Dancing Star Press is open to submissions of novellas between 17,500 and 40,000 words until June 30th. Send them a query letter and full manuscript. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ðĶ Tiny Fox Press is open to submissions of fantasy and sci-fi novels. Send them a query letter and the first ten pages. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ðŋ Codhill Press is open to submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts that explore the theme “Perspective and Place”. Send them a query letter and full manuscript before June 30th. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ðŠĶ Grave Empire is open to submissions of full-length horror novels and novellas. Send them a query letter, synopsis, and full manuscript. No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- âïļ Storm Publishing is open to submissions of full-length novels in a range of genres, including mystery, romance, historical, and more. Send them a full manuscript. (Ed: note: their sales-y submissions page raised some orange flags, but they state upfront that there’s no charge to authors and they seem to get good reviews. As always, read any potential communications and contracts carefully.) No submissions fee! ð°Paying market!ð°
- ð Pink Ochre Magazine is open to submissions of “works of love”, including flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them up to 1,250 words of prose writing, or up to 60 lines of poetry. No submissions fee!
- ð§âïļ Dreginald is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them up to 5,000 words of prose writing or up to five poems. No submissions fee!
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Join Tom Deady, 2016 Bram Stoker Award-winning author of HAVEN for this live 90 minute webinar. Explore all facets of the coming-of-age journey. Create and grow a believable, likable protagonist to star in your story. Learn how to use the everyday struggle of growing up as a backdrop to your story. And more!
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During this workshop you’ll:
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• learn how to create and grow a believable, likable protagonist to star in your story,
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• develop an understanding of how to use the everyday struggle of growing up as a backdrop to your story,
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• leave class with a deeper understanding of the key elements of writing short fiction, regardless of genre.
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DATE: June, 2026 – Friday
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TIME: 1PM ET | 12PM CT | 11AM MT | 10AM PT | 17:00 UTC
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RUNTIME: Approximately 90 minutes
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NEW LOWER PRICE: we've lowered the price on our live workshops by $10 for the foreseeable future to help fight inflation. Live workshop attendance is now $39 (down from $49). One price for live attendance and unlimited access to the recording. Use the coupon code below to get an additional $10 off!
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Each week our drabble community writes 100 words (or they don't—their call) to a single-word prompt. No fame. No fortune. Just fun. Well, maybe a teensy bit of fame if you count the animated adaptations we create and share on social media. Check 'em out on our YouTube channel and Bluesky.
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This Week's Prompt
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The existence of parallel realms could solve deep mysteries about our own universe
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