Issue Three Hundred Fifty Six

Open Books: Now Accepting Manuscript Queries

UPDATED August 14th, 2023, We’ve since had reader feedback that Open Books has been having long, often confusing or misleading exchanges with authors in terms of potentially acquiring books, without going into details about what their contract involves. UPDATED MARCH 19TH, 12:30 pm: We just received feedback from an anonymous source that this publisher requires…
Fiction Historical Fiction Issue Three Hundred Fifty Six Manuscript Publishers Non Fiction

Yellow Arrow Journal: Now Seeking Submissions

Yellow Arrow is a nontraditional publisher producing a hand-bound journal of poetry, creative nonfiction, and book reviews written by authors who identify as women. They see creativity as an act of service and a path toward communal empathy. With that in mind, they aim to spotlight and inspire underrepresented authors. They encourage authors who identify…
Creative Non Fiction Issue Three Hundred Fifty Six Literary Journals Paying Market Poetry

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. Tropes: in characters and stories…
Issue Three Hundred Fifty Six Special Feature

  • Manuscript Publishers By Category

  • Literary Journals By Category