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On Writing and Commuting

By Ellen Levitt Lately when I ride my local trains and buses, I see most passengers spending their time on their cellphones. A few might read tangible printed materials such as books, magazines, even a newspaper. Others chat with people, stare into space, or nap. Maybe one person is knitting. Occasionally I find someone doing…
Issue Five Hundred Forty Four

Tenebrous Press: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Tenebrous Press is a publisher of “New Weird Horror, and New weird SF&F, and other dark and strange genre mashups.” They know this genre is one that needs further definition, because they have an entire page of their website devoted to defining it. You can see that webpage here if you are not already familiar…
Horror Issue Five Hundred Forty Three Manuscript Publishers

Last Syllable: Now Seeking Submissions

Last Syllable is a brand-new online journal of longform writing. They publish longform poetry, prose, and multi-modal work: “we aim to make a space where long-form pieces are the expectation — not the exception.” They pay $20 for each published piece. Last Syllable is produced by the MFA students at Point Loma Nazarene University. They…
Issue Five Hundred Forty Three Literary Journals

Case Study: The Road Uphill to a Publishing Contract

By Sam Muller This is part of our ongoing series on how authors published their first book. You can read our other stories in this series, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. I will Paint the Sky, my first novel, had three lives. It had its first incarnation as Life Begins with Murder. Its second…
Issue Five Hundred Forty Three

Orbit Works: Open to Direct Submissions

Orbit Works was founded in April 2023, as a new imprint of Hachette/Orbit that is focused on digital publishing. This includes both eBooks and audiobooks. You can read the PR statement about the imprint here. It is led by Orbit Executive Editor Brit Hvide and Editor Stephanie Clark. Orbit Works, like Orbit, is based out…
Fantasy Issue Five Hundred Forty Two Science Fiction

Foxes Dancing Around: Now Seeking Submissions

Foxes Dancing Around is a brand new magazine dedicated to creating a welcoming publishing environment: “we want to be a happy, safe environment for all to submit their work!” They’re especially interested in publishing authors who have never been published before. They primarily publish fiction, but they accept poetry too. Foxes Dancing Around was founded…
Fiction Issue Five Hundred Forty Two Literary Journals Poetry

A Title Is Born

By Lory Widmer Hess When a book I’d written chronicling my spiritual and healing journey was accepted by a publisher, I didn’t expect the process of publication itself to hold further spiritual challenges. Choosing a title, for example, proved to be unexpectedly fraught with emotion. From the other side of this trial, I now see…
Issue Five Hundred Forty Two

Mirror World: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions

Update July 22, 2025: On July 21st Mirror world sent out the following email to their subscribers, announcing that they are closing their doors at the end of the year, as well as alluding to an incident on FB, I don’t know the details of. I have cut and pasted the email below. We were…
Fantasy Issue Five Hundred Forty One Manuscript Publishers Romance Science Fiction

Fahmidan: Now Seeking Submissions

Fahmidan is an online quarterly of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They aim to publish a wide range of voices from around the world, and to inspire a wide range of emotions in their readers: “Send us your thought provoking existentialism, your phobias, your darkest moments. Entrance us with your whimsical fantasy. Move us to tears…
Creative Non Fiction Fiction Issue Five Hundred Forty One Literary Journals Poetry

Case Study: How Discount Ceremony Was Published

By Timothy Day This is part of our ongoing series on how authors published their first book. You can read our other stories in this series, here, here, here, here, here and here. What a unique relief to be writing about my short story collection Discount Ceremony from this perspective. After many years of wondering if it…
Case Studies Issue Five Hundred Forty One

Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers this October

This list of publishers meet our guiding principles, but are only open to free submissions from historically underrepresented writers or focus on publishing content produced by historically underrepresented writers. Some of these publications are open to a wide range of writers including writers of color, gender non-conforming and LGBTQ+ writers, and those living with disabilities….
Issue Five Hundred Forty One

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in October 2023

These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month.The Pig’s BackThis Ireland-based journal publishes fiction and nonfiction. They do not publish poetry.Deadline: 15 October 2023Length: 2,000-5,000 wordsPay: €300Details here. Uncanny MagazineThis award-winning speculative fiction magazine is only open…
Issue Five Hundred Forty

Love Inspired & Love Inspired Suspense: Now Open to Manuscript Queries

Love Inspired is an imprint of Harlequin that focuses on the Christian romance market. They describe themselves as publishing “Contemporary inspirational romances that feature Christian characters facing the many challenges of life and love in today’s world. You can see the catalogue for this imprint here. Love Inspired Suspense is an imprint of Harlequin that…
Christian Issue Five Hundred Forty Romance

Long River Review: Now Seeking Submissions

Long River Review is produced by the undergraduate students at the University of Connecticut. They aim to champion emerging writers and unheard voices of all kinds: “Here at Long River Review, we want to publish new voices: voices from the mouth of the river and beyond, voices drowned out by other voices, voices that might…
Creative Non Fiction Fiction Issue Five Hundred Forty Literary Journals Poetry Translation

Tips for Plotting a Memoir

By Emily-Jane Hills Orford Are you writing a memoir? A story about your life or someone else’s life? Have you considered your theme? Or your plot? Remember, every life has a story to share and that story needs, no, in fact, it has both a theme and a plot. So, don’t randomly launch into the…
Issue Five Hundred Forty Special Feature

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