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Launched in 2025, Lamp Lit is a quarterly online journal of poetry, short fiction, personal essays, and full-color artwork. Editors nominate authors published in the journal for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Contributors have included Dustin Brookshire, Todd Dillard, Bernadette Geyer, and Paul Hostovsky.
Source: https://lamplit.net/submission-guidelines/
Categories: Magazines and Literary Journals
Prizes: $3,750
Deadline: Apr 1, 2026
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Prizes: $12,000
Deadline: May 1, 2026
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Prizes: $23,500
Deadline: Jul 1, 2026
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Prizes: $12,000
Deadline: Oct 1, 2026
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