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- Sage Tyrtle, award-winning storyteller and author, explores the power of POV to transform "Hansel and Gretel"—video
- SEPT 27: Newsletter discount for 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.
- Markets and contests with submissions open or opening soon
- Winners of our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest - this week, third place winner "Scar Tissue" by Elijah J. Mears. Whiskey and solitude on the West Texas plains bring out more than just old wounds for cowboys Miguel and John.
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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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- 🍁 Freefall Magazine is open to submissions of stories, poems, essays, and plays from Canadian writers. Send them up to 4,000 words of prose writing or drama, or up to three poems, before September 30th. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 🌌 Home Constellations is a forthcoming anthology of futuristic fiction. Submit stories, poems, or graphic narratives of any length before September 30th. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 👩🏼🤝👨🏽 The Togetherness Poetry Challenge is a contest for poems on the theme of “Decolonising Minds and Shared Identities”. The writer of the best poem will receive a prize of £500. Submit poems of up to 40 lines before September 26th. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 📰 The “Real or Fake” essay competition is open to entries of personal essays reflecting on “life in the AI age”. The winner receives a $1,000 prize. Submit essays between 1,500 and 2,500 words before September 30th. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 📙 Egret Lake Books is open to submissions of full-length romance and women’s fiction novels (exempting historical or speculative romance). Send them a query letter and the first 20 pages. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 📗The Story Plant is open to submissions of full-length literary novels. Send them a query letter and synopsis. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
- 🏔️ Two Thirds North is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them up to 6,000 words of prose writing or up to five poems before September 30th. They also accept works in translation. No submissions fee!
- 🌃 Audience Askew Literary Journal is looking for urban-themed stories and poems. Send them up to 60 lines of poetry or up to 3,000 words of fiction before **September 30th. No submissions fee!
- 🎙️ Parley Lit is a performance-based literary journal looking for poems, stories, documentaries, and short plays to be produced in audio form. Their guidelines are very flexible, but in general they like work that occupies 10-15 minutes of airtime. No submissions fee!
- 🎆 Woman Scream is compiling a forthcoming anthology of work by female writers. They’re looking for poetry on the theme of “Migrant women and girls” and stories on the theme of “Violence against women and girls”. Send them a single story or poem of up to three pages before September 28th. No submissions fee!
- 🏫 The Bourne Town Hall is looking for submissions of poems inspired by the life of Charles Worth, a 19th-century fashion designer (prompts provided on the submissions page), to display at a commemorative event. Send them poems in any length or style before September 30th. No submissions fee!
- 🧚🏻 Livina Press is open to submissions of short stories, essays, and poems on the theme of “Fairytales, myths, and legends”. Send them up to 5,000 words of prose writing or up to three poems before September 30th. No submissions fee!
- 📖 The Annick Press Mentorship Program is open to entries from traditionally underrepresented emerging Canadian writers of YA or children’s fiction. Winners will receive a four-month mentorship to work on their book with an editor with a goal of publication, as well as other learning opportunities. To enter, fill out an application form and include a synopsis of your work in progress, as well as a short writing sample, before September 29th. 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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This week, third-place winner, "Scar Tissue" by Elijah J. Mears. Whiskey and solitude on the West Texas plains bring out more than just old wounds for cowboys Miguel and John.
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