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Keep Writing Human: Why AI Is Unhelpful at Every Stage of the Process

By David Ebenbach Given the new capabilities of generative AI tools, a lot of writers are asking where and when (if at all) they should be using these tools to help them in their writing. On the one hand, AI causes an awful lot of problems, but, on the other hand, we’re being told great…
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86 Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers (February 2026)

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….
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antae: Now Seeking Submissions

antae is a digital journal of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and more, published by the University of Malta. antae was first established in 2013 as an academic journal, and was relaunched in 2024 as a journal of creative writing. Since then they’ve published three issues with writing from 22 to 29 contributors. The issues are…
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How the Page Thinks: Spatial Intelligence in Writing

The page isn’t neutral. Never was. I didn’t figure this out from some craft book. More like years of staring at a blank screen, hungry, back hurting, the cursor blinking like it’s judging my life choices. I used to think writers control the page. You write, it holds. End of story. Clean, adult logic. But…
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5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in February 2026

These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. NewMythsThis is a speculative fiction magazine, and they “like to balance each quarterly issue between science fiction and fantasy, dark and light, serious and humorous, hard and soft science fiction, and longer and shorter works. We publish fiction, poetry, and non-fiction works.” Works…
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149 Review: Now Seeking Submissions

149 Review is a new online journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that celebrates writing with careful attention to craft: “Something as simple as a line-break can bring us to tears. Something as complex as rhythm can put us in a trance.” They’re looking for craft that’s thoughtful and intentional, and for writing that…
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What Novelists Should Do After Rejection

Having taught novel writing for many years now, one of the most common emails I receive from students and subscribers goes something like this: “Dear Emily,My novel has been through years of revisions now, and I’ve shopped it around to most agents and publishers. I could revise it one more time, but I’m not sure…
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Nine Manuscript Publishers Open to Submissions in February 2026

This list focuses on nine publishers that we are excited about that are open to submissions this month. Some are only open for a short period of time, others will be open the whole month and beyond. At least four of these are presses we have not covered previously. Please note that if a publisher…
Issue Six Hundred Sixty Two

Shadowplay: Now Seeking Submissions

Shadowplay is an annual print journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, published by the University of Arkansas, Monticello. They are looking for writing that “dances in liminal spaces,” and “illuminates the pieces of our world which otherwise go unseen.” You can get a sense of what they publish by reading samples from the print…
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Metaphor Fatigue: When Imagery Stops Working

When every emotion is a wildfire, even love starts to smell like smoke — and not the sexy campfire kind either, but that “oh god something’s burning in the kitchen” panic where you’re patting your pockets for a fire extinguisher you definitely don’t own. That’s what happens with metaphors when writers get too hyped. They…
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The Carrier Bag: Now Seeking Submissions

The Carrier Bag is a new online literary journal of fiction and poetry that spotlights small, everyday experiences, and celebrates the mundane: “You can often transform something ignored into something beautiful just by looking at it. We look for the writing that does this.” You can get a sense of what they publish by reading…
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12 Magazines Seeking Writing on Climate, the Environment, and Nature

These magazines accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid work on climate/environment/nature, ranging from new nature writing to environmental justice to eco-horror. Most, but not all, are open for submissions now. Some magazines pay writers. About Place JournalTheir tagline is, ‘a literary journal published by the Black Earth Institute dedicated to re-forging the links between art…
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When the Story Turns Its Back: Learning to Abandon Gracefully

Some stories are like those friends who say, “We should totally hang out,” and then vanish like they got drafted by NASA. You try calling them back—chapter one, chapter two, that weird half-scene you wrote on a bus—and the story just rolls over, shows you its spine, and pretends it doesn’t know you. That’s when…
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Root Smoke: Now Seeking Submissions

Root Smoke is a new online journal of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork. They also sometimes publish other literary offerings like book reviews, interviews, and hybrid writing. Their mission is to bridge divides within the literary world: “Root Smoke brings together genre writers, literary writers, visual artists and more within a single threaded and…
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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: Catalogue Zine is open to submissions on the theme “lifestyle”…
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