Free Talk: The Scaffolding Method for Drafting Enduring Historical Fiction

So you can write historical fiction that readers love.

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Free Talk: How to Get Publicity for Your Writing with Kindall Gant, Senior Publicist at Phaidon

Join Kindall Gant, Senior Publicist at Phaidon, for a practical behind the scenes look at how book publicity really works.

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40 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for February 2026

▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all These are themed calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: love; motherhood; aftermath; into the archive; vampires; coffee; heightened anxiety; obsidian (space horror); while the snowstorm was raging; illusion & confusion; fantastic voyages; doom scroll. THEMED CALLS Chortle:…

The Carrier Bag: Now Seeking Submissions

A new online journal that pays for fiction and poetry.

12 Magazines Seeking Writing on Climate, the Environment, and Nature

These magazines accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid work. Some of them pay.

When the Story Turns Its Back: Learning to Abandon Gracefully

Not every abandoned story is a personal failure.