Articles by Caitlin Jans

Notes from the Editor’s Desk: January 2026

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: Poemancer: A Poetry Journey is a new card game “that…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: December 2025

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 subscriber’s recent success stories. Opportunities: Tokyo Poetry Journal is open for submissions from now through…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: November 2025

This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me 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 subscriber’s recent success stories. Opportunities: Kinship Caregivers Connect is an online and statewide…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: October 2025

This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me 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 subscriber’s recent success stories. Opportunities: Procrastinating Writers United (PWU) is open to multimedia…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: September 2025

Questionable Publishing Contracts; $3,000 Writing Grants; 8 Submissions Calls. This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me 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 subscriber’s recent success stories….
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Truth and Reconciliation Day: September 30th

As some of our readers know, Authors Publish has been based in Canada for the last eight years. Every year on September 30th, Canada honors National Truth and Reconciliation Day as a federal holiday. The day honors the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. For those who do not know, Indigenous…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: August 2025

Hugo Awards Involved in Major Controversy (Again); Authors Guild Fights Grant Cancellations; 3 Publishing Opportunities This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This includes a wide range of opportunities for writers, news and…
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Notes From the Editor’s Desk: July 2025

Print Book Sales are Down; Quirk Books Pauses Publishing and Lays Off Employees; 5 Submission Calls; Reader Success Stories. This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This includes a wide range of opportunities…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: June 2025

Publisher “Delays” Royalty Payments; Our Response to Recent Threats; New Funding for Lit Mags; 5 Submission Calls. This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This includes a wide range of opportunities for writers,…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: May 2025

Authors Guild Sues to Bring Back Grants; Major Newspapers Use AI to Recommend Books that Don’t Exist; Plus Publishing Opportunities,  Success Stories, and Editing Jobs This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: April 2025

NanoWriMo is Shutting Down; 6 Publishing Opportunities; Subscriber Success Stories This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me 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 subscriber’s recent success…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: March 2025

Tin House is Getting Acquired; US libraries Lose Federal Support; Unauthorized Use of Books for Meta AI training; 3 Calls for Submissions. This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This includes a wide…
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: February 2025

Publisher Charges $23 for Contest Entries, Then Cancels Cash Award; New “Human Authored” Certification; NEA Grants Affected by Trump Administration; 3 Publishing Opportunities; Subscriber Success Stories This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is an opportunity for me to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication….
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Notes From the Editor’s Desk: January 2025

Author Sues Their Agent & Publisher Over Copyright Infringement; John Klassen on the Art of the Board Book; 7 Publishing Opportunities This is a new monthly feature, that we are trying out. This monthly column will be published on the fourth Thursday of every month. It will be divided into three sections of varying length….
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Notes from the Editor’s Desk: December 2024

Sourcebooks launching audio imprint; Goodreads Choice Awards; and some writing opportunities. This is a new monthly feature, that we are trying out. We will only continue it if it develops a following. This monthly column will be published on the fourth Thursday of every month. It will be divided into three sections of varying length….
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