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5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in October 2024

These magazines accept fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Please note, not all of them are open through the month.Translunar Travelers LoungeThey want fun speculative fiction; stories must have elements of science fiction or fantasy. “A fun story, at its core, is one that works on the premise…

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Thirteen Bridges Review: Now Seeking Submissions

Please note: This journal was formerly called THAT Literary Review. Thirteen Bridges Review is an online and print journal produced by the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery. They seek to publish excellent fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from around the world. They publish both emerging and established authors, and they’re…

On AI and Accessibility

When I tell people I have a learning disability, people often say “Oh, almost everyone does, they just haven’t been able to test for it.” My learning disabilities were first discovered in second grade. Perhaps they would have been discovered in first grade if I had not been home schooled then. Right from the start…

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The Importance of Trope Awareness

Over the last decade, the word trope has come to be used to describe commonly recurring motifs, clichés, and rhetorical devices in a wide range of creative works. Once you become aware of tropes, and how they’re used (and misused), they can become a useful tool in your writer’s toolkit. Some writers will say they…

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