Phaidon’s Owner Implicated in the Epstein Files; Writing Workshop Instructors Wanted; 4 Submission Calls.

This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is a space to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This includes a wide range of opportunities for writers, news and information, and subscribers’ recent success stories.

Opportunities:

We are looking for new instructors! You can learn more here. Please note that a track record of publication is an important component of teaching for us.

Dismantling Press is seeking submissions for an anthology from women called “Rage, Well Spoken”. This is what they say about the call “Sexism, discrimination, harassment, misogyny, microaggressions, rape culture, glass ceilings, toxic masculinity, patriarchy. Blood boiling yet? We are seeking creative non-fiction (by women!) that confront, interrogate, or give voice to their rage. This call is intentionally activist. We are interested in work that is unapologetic, incisive, and impassioned—essays that treat fury as legitimate, necessary, and political. Stories may be personal narratives, essays, hybrid, or experimental. We especially encourage work that offers a rebuttal to conventions around anger, gender, and power.” This anthology is only open to submissions from women including “Trans, cis, and genderfluid”. They are open to submissions through March 31st 2026. They are paying contributors 4 cents per word and one contributor copy. To read the full submission guidelines, go here.

The Rush Magazine is the online literary journal of the MFA program at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles. They are currently “looking for poetry that emphasizes form. The forms may vary – from sonnets to villanelles, from pastoral odes to elegies, and everything in between – however, no matter the form, the verse must contain a strong sense of structure. Please submit no more than six poems at a time, and do not exceed six pages.” They also accept micro fiction & micro non-fiction as well as photo poetry, video poetry, and photo stories.

Folkloric is open to submissions from March 1st through the 15th. This is what they say they are looking for “First and foremost, we are interested in short stories and artwork that have a definite and striking speculative element. We want works that have something otherworldly, magical, weird, or unexplained but that do not fall into the traditional tropes of sci-fi, fantasy, or horror. The second most important thing we are looking for is a clear and insightful exploration of the world we live in. If you get us to look at the routine or the mundane differently, we’re going to sit up and pay attention. In short, we’d like to see work that is about something people are dealing with right now. That could be a current event, an aspect of modern society, or some facet of the human condition (just to name a few). The best way to get an idea of what we like is to read one of our previous issues.” They publish short stories and artwork. They are open to reprints and pay contributors.

Tokyo Poetry Journal is open for submissions from now through February 28th, 2026 on the theme of Gather ‘Round Children which will be a special issue “celebrating oral-tradition poetry and the timeless power of stories carried by the human voice. We seek poems that feel as if they could be shared around a fire: lyrical, narrative, rooted in memory or myth, and crafted to live strongly on the page.”Submissions can be in English or Japanese, but “Japanese submissions must include an English translation (author-translated or translator-assisted)”. To see their full guidelines, go here.

News:

The British Artist Tai Shani announced on Instagram here, that she withdrew her monograph from Phaidon because of the serious allegations that have come against the company’s owner, Leon Black, that were revealed in the Epstein files. Leon Black purchased Phaidon in 2012.

Harlequin will close its Harlequin Historical romance line in September 2027. You can read about that shift here, where they also share information about guideline changes and imprints that are newly open to submissions.

Subscriber Success Stories:

Mark Langenfeld‘s Wisdom from the Woods: A Year of Gentle Guidance from Mother Nature, was published by Llewellyn Worldwide.

Peter Gregg Slater’s poem, To-Do List, was published in Verses from the Underground.

Keith Hinrichs’ debut short story On My Mind was published in Blood+Honey. 

Edward Fowler’s A Proper Burial  was published in Months to Years.

Sage Collins‘s short story, The Worst Season, was published by Novellum, and her micro fic Subject: Invasion was published by Rat Bag Lit and her short story, Come As You Aren’t, was published by My Galvanized Friend.

Cathy Carroll-Moriarty’s short story Snow Day was published in Four Tulips. 

Louisa Prince’s flash fiction story Negative Space was published online by Suddenly, And Without Warning.

CM Pickard’s poem Azaleas Bloom was published by Harrow House Journal and their poem My Mother’s Words was published by Literally Literary Magazine.

Kenneth Kapp‘s Silver Anniversary was published by The Wise Owl, nd his essay Kindness was published by in parenthesis.

David Gaffen’s story The House on the Hill was published by First Line Literary.

Mike Sluchinski had a poem published by SOFLOPOJO as well as a flash fiction piece. He also has a poem in this issue of Prairie Fire.

Christopher Heise’s short story, The Fruit Thief, was published by Fiction on the Web.

Ladislaus Louis D’Souza reviewed Ignatius Fernandez’s book Lead Parenting Strategies for Troubled and Anxious Parents for LatinosUSA.

F.I. Goldhaber’s Fibonacci Break the Cycle is available to read on The Five-Two.

John Tures’ short story El Deseo was published in Saddlebag Dispatches‘ anthology Under A Cold Prairie Moon and his flash fiction piece The Panuozzo was published in Mythic Picnic‘s anthology A Sandwich Short Of A Picnic.

Diane Ward had a short story published in The Holiday Whodunit Mystery Anthology by Red Penguin Books.

Chris Sumberg’s collection of “things,” I’m Not a Cynic, But Sometimes, was published by Bottlecap Press.

Fran Thomas Jr’s Ties that Kill was published by Tule Publishing Group.

Charles Sartorius’s story Abhartach is included in the From the Yonder V anthology from War Monkey Publications.

Susan M. Klarich‘s piece Three Inches has been published by The Khaotic Good and their piece Socially Stymied Speculations has been published by The Perch.

Stephanie Jones’s poem Deconstructed Sestina for a Brackish Bay has received a 2026 Rhysling Award nomination for the long poem category (and was originally published in A Midsummer’s Day Nightmare issue of Sublimation). Her poems Acquired Taste and An Organizing of Her Silences for Analysis After the Fire were published in Troublemaker Firestarter. She also had two poems published in Reverie Magazine.

 

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