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House of Stones
Othelia Malan lay face up in the dirt. The wind picked up, and above her, dark ashes clouded the sky. A grey flake settled on her cheek, then several others on her hair. Her blond plait was caked in warm blood as was her shirt, flapping in the wind. In…
When We Get Where We’re Going
The tall man with the beard stood for a moment and stomped the snow off his boots. The boy wore a baggy coat over his pajamas and no shoes, but mimicked the man, stomping his bare feet on the ice. The boy's feet were swollen and blue, yet he lifted…
Fall
No one knew what happened until after he hit the ground. Until after his eyes faded shut, after the arm wrapped around his neck loosened its grip and slipped off. Jonah had his back turned. Dave saw nothing at all. There must have been other people there, they realized later.…
Sir, May I Have a Pack of Marlboros?
Illustrations by Amanda Elanor Tribble I'm standing in the threshold wearing a tank top and torn boxers, my hands gripping the top of the doorway. I arch my body forward like a bow and arrow when I talk. “I don't even like women,” I tell her. “They bug me. Even…
The Sand Collector
Illustration by Phillip Fleming I fell in love with Salim twenty-five years ago, when the last Israeli soldiers were withdrawing from Sinai. It was 1982, I was fourteen, and I remember watching on television as the Egyptians raised their red-white-and-black flag with the eagle of Saladin atop the fence that…
Jim Zervanos
Jim Zervanos is the author of the novel LOVE Park , which Charles Baxter praised as “funny and moving”, Philadelphia Magazine called “smart, insightful”, and The Philadelphia Inquirer featured in a front-page story. He has finished two memoirs, That Time I Got Cancer: A Love Story and Your Story Starts…
Remi Recchia
Remi Recchia is a trans poet and essayist from Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is a Ph.D. candidate in English-Creative Writing at Oklahoma State University. He currently serves as an associate editor for the Cimarron Review and Reviews Editor for Gasher Journal. A four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Remi’s work has appeared or…
Ilari Pass
When Ilari Pass isn't writing poetry, personal essays, or short stories, she recites Ayahs (verses) from the Quran and enjoys traveling with her family. Her new endeavor is to introduce readers of all faiths to Muslim children and families, showing them positively in published works such as picture and chapter…
Allison Hong Merrill
Allison was born and raised in Taiwan and arrived in the US at age 22 as a university student. That's when she realized her school English wasn't much help when asking for directions on the street or opening a bank account. By recording each of the classes she took––including physical…
Tara Campbell
With a BA in English, an MA in German, and an MFA in Creative Writing, Tara Campbell has a demonstrated aversion to money and power. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, she has also lived in Oregon, Ohio, New York, Germany and Austria. She currently lives in Washington, DC. She is the…
Suzanne Paschall
Suzanne has been writing since the fifth grade, when she produced a “book” (four pages of stapled lined A-4 paper) about a family vacation weekend. She grew up to write hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, blog posts and three albums of original music before turning to stories and books.…
Donald Marbury
Reverend Donald L. Marbury is an ordained African Methodist Episcopal Church elder and currently serves as the senior pastor of Ebenezer AME Church in Hagerstown, MD. He had been for 11 years the senior pastor of Ebenezer AME Church in Brunswick, Maryland, and from 2000 to 2005 he was the…
Anna Prawdzik Hull
Anna Prawdzik Hull is a Canadian writer, literary translator, and editor based in Albuquerque, NM. She holds an MFA in fiction from Boston University and an MFA in fiction from Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). She earned a research master's degree in sociolinguistics and linguistic human rights, for which she conducted…
Blake Goodwin
Blake Goodwin is growing up among the views and brews of the Colorado front range. He has dropped out of college three times and has gone back to college three times, and will probably do both of those things at least once more—but he will never stop writing. His stories…
Alexandra Blogier
Alexandra Blogier was born and raised in Boston, MA. She attended the University of Maryland, where she studied Social and Cultural History. She is the author of The Last Girl on Earth , a Young Adult science fiction romance hailed as “an immersive and intriguing alien invasion story that focuses…
BK Loren
BK Loren's novel Theft was awarded the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers award, a Willa (Cather) award, and was a finalist for the Lambda award, among others. Her essay collection Animal, Mineral, Radical garnered the Colorado book award, and BK is thankful for the fellowships, grants and awards each essay…
Omer Friedlander
Omer Friedlander grew up in Tel-Aviv. His short story collection, The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land , and his novel, The Glass Golem , are both forthcoming from Random House. He has a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge and an MFA from Boston…
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2020
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest!
Wergle Flomp contest
Wergle Flomp contest
A Thousand Summers
By Sue Gerrard
Book Cover Templates at PosterMyWall
Graphic design vendor offers stock images and cover templates for many genres
MEHPoeting: The Writings of Matthew E. Henry
Poet and educator, author of ‘Teaching While Black’
The Weight Journal
Online literary space for high school students
Duane L. Herrmann
American prairie poet and Baha’i historian
Heeding Signs
By Diane Elayne Dees
New Letters Editor’s Choice Award
New Letters is looking for work that experiments, that crosses the traditional boundaries of genre and form
The Brush & Lyre Prize from Palette Poetry
This unique multimedia contest will accept work that incorporates poetry into new media formats, including but not limited to: music, video, art, photography, sculpture, and performance
Subscriber News: September 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Send Mail From Desk
Online bulk-mailing program makes it easy to send out promotions
Published to Death
Novelist Erica Verrillo’s blog features submission calls and other publishing resources
Silence. Struggle. Salvation.
By Judith Cody
BookBaby
BookBaby offers a full range of services for self-published authors
25 Animations of Great Literary Works
Open Culture article with links to short films
Bookish & Writer Events: Sarah Nicolas Newsletter
YA novelist Sarah Nicolas’ weekly newsletter of book talks and writing classes
SuperSummary Poetry Writing and Analysis Guide
Book-summary website recommends links to begin your basic education in poetry
The Blue Mountain Review
Quarterly journal from the Southern Collective publishes original creative writing and interviews with artists
Justine Hudock Wins the 19th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Justine Hudock of Cortlandt Manor, NY won the 19th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope. Her entry, “LSD” , bested those of 5,071 other poets to receive the $1,000 prize. Second prize of $250 was awarded to Andrew Maust of State College,…
Justine Hudock Wins the 19th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
The winners of the 19th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers
The Nature of Objects
By Anna K. Scotti
Voyage 2020 First Chapters Contest for Young Adult Fiction
Submit the first chapter of your Young Adult novel to win $3,000 and agency consultation
At Meiji Shrine
By Rick Lupert
Writer’s Online Toolkit
Maryville University Online reviews popular productivity software for authors
Terrain.org Contests
Terrain.org is the world’s first online journal of place, publishing since 1998
Author’s Guide to Agency Agreements
Advice on standard contract terms for agent representation, from the Authors’ Guild
Subscriber News: August 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Noname Book Club
Online/IRL book club reads work by writers of color and donates books to prisons
Award-Winning Poetry and Prose 2020
Editor Jendi Reiter highlights poetry and prose from around the web that have won recent prizes
98 Free Online Writing Courses
Links to creative and technical writing courses from well-known universities
The Racket Journal
San Francisco reading series and online lit mag for poetry and flash prose
F(r)iction
Triannual journal publishes short fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, comics, and poetry, illustrated with custom artwork
