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 till November 30th for their themed issue “People, Places, Things.” You can learn more about the theme here.
The Freak! is a new journal seeking short fiction “that doesn’t fit neatly into boxes”. They publish a wide range of genre and genre defying work. They say “We don’t care about genre purity. We care about voice, creative vision and the willingness to go somewhere unexpected. We want to be SHOCKED!” They are based in Toronto.
The PERCH is a creative arts journal with mental health themes focused on original voices. They reading for their next issue which they are calling The Mix. This is what they have to say about the theme “THE MIX, refers to the double-sided nature of mental illness and mental health. Put together, it creates a complex, tangled and beautiful mixture of emotions, attitudes and experiences. To be more specific: there is no doubt that mental illness is painful, sometimes excruciatingly so, and at times cruelly limits its sufferers from attaining their hopes and dreams. At the same time, many psychiatric survivors have spoken about the newfound depth and awareness that their journeys have brought them, and their appreciation of every moment, and the new stories that they have experienced and learned to tell. Without romanticizing the burdens of illness, this issue of THE PERCH will attempt to get at the puzzle of it all: the highs and low, the joys and sorrows, and the brilliant things that can derive from the experience. ” You can learn more about this submission call here. They close to submissions on October 31st.
The Rush Magazine is the online literary journal of the MFA program at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles. They are currently “looking for poetry that emphasizes form.”
News:
Writer Beware posted an update about the situation at Must Read Magazines. We also have been covering the issue starting in 2025 when a group called Must Read Magazines acquired 5 well-known genre fiction magazines over a matter of months. These magazines are as follows: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. All are currently de-listed from Authors Publish because of issues around rights and a very problematic contract (although it has improved over time, I’m still leery). This issue has come to a head again as to artists contacted by Asimov’s came forward about problems. The Writer Beware post goes into details about the current issues. You can read about it here.
Subscriber Success Stories:
Mathilde Blake’s novel Where the Heart Blooms was published in English by Rogue Wolf Publishing.
Naomi Klouda’s story Kuskokwim was shortlisted for the Best Emerging Writers 2026 by The Masters Review.
Craig Borri‘s story The Spirit Owl was published in Novellum Magazine and their story The Footman’s Story was published in Beyond 2026 and their story Dragon’s in the Night was published in Whispers from the Iron Cauldron.
Tytti Heikkinen’s prose poem Let Us Call It a Nightingale was published by Down in the Dirt.
Lauren Stoker’s piece Growing Hope, was published in the anthology Fantastic Voyages by Critical Blast.
Ellen Silver’s Hungarian Night was published by Instant Noodles Literary Magazine.
Anas Abusalih’s poems Folklore, Fable, Who Woke Endymion?, A Tribute to the Dragonslayer, and Dream of Humanity were published by the DIY Authors Podcast.
Laurinda Lind haiku holding hands was reprinted in The Daily Haiku and her haikus red thread at sunset and from each heart to each were published in The Red Thread Poetry Project, and a reprint of her poem Early Interviews was published by Silver Birch Press.
Ashok Shenolikar’s story The Man I Thought I Knew was published by Down in the Dirt.
Toni Jeffrey’s humor essay Why Lawrence Welk Should Have Gone to Prison was published in BOOMER Magazine and their essay The Greatest Kiss of All was published in the Journal of Expressive Writing.
Sandip Saha’s poetry collection Traditional and Distraught Women was published by Ukiyoto publishing.
T. E. W. Praks’ poem Sisters was published by Stillpoint Poetry and Culture.
Ann Grogan’s poem Glad Tidings was published by Dissident Voice, and her poem Don’t Write About Love was published by Rue Scribe and her poem Considering Estrogen Therapy was published by The Second Coming.
F.I. Goldhaber’s poems “Missing Info” and “Identity” were included in Reality Detonates from Cicada Song Press, STOP was published on The Five-Two, and Purr Therapy and Capitalism were featured on DarkWinter Literary Magazine.
W. Adam Mandelbaum’s book Cross & Pentagram is available for pre-order and published by Infernal House.
Stephen Kamugasa’s piece The Invisible Deficit: The Link Between Domestic Violence and Ecological Destruction was published in The New Climate.
Mark Kennedy’s piece, From Millstone to Milestone, published in the Serein Lark Review and they also published an interview.
David Halpert’s short story Road Trip was published by Raw Blood and Nerve: For Freakish Frights on Feverish Nights by Dickinson Group Publishing.
Carrie Tangenberg’s poem Grackle, Dahlia was published by Neologism.
Keith M. Hinrichs’ short fiction, Currency, has been published in The Brussels Review print edition.
Cristina White’s essay The Privet Hedge was published in Canary.
Wanda McLaughlin’s book Red Flag for Murder was published by The Wild Rose Press.
Scott Craven’s book, Way Past Deadtime, was published by City Owl Press.
Joolz Sparkes’ poem Old Barnacle, accepted by Prudence Dispatch.
Hadassah Treu’s memoir SATISFIED: Why Getting What We Want Is Not the Answer, was published by Abundance Books.
Sunitha Mary Mookken’s poem was published in Monograph and their nonfiction was published in The PoArtMo Magazine.
Joy Amina Garnett‘s memoir, The Bee Kingdom, is available for pre-order from Gaudy Boy.
Lewis Brett Smiler’s short story The Neighbor was published in Academy of the Heart and Mind and his story Dragon Max was published by 518 Publishing Company in their Droids & Dragons anthology.
Please send us an email at success.stories@authorspublish.com if you have a publication success you want to share in our next update. You must include a link to the publication. You can also include a link to your website (if you have one), and the publisher/journals main landing page. To be featured in the November update your work must be published no earlier than August. Work available for pre-order can be shared. Please note that we are only listing work that has been traditionally published by literary journals, magazines, or traditional presses. We are not covering vanity presses or self-published books. We are not vetting presses before adding them to this list. We can only list three successes per person per update.
Bio: Caitlin Jans has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. She is the co-founder of Authors Publish and The Poetry Marathon. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals including: The Literary Review of Canada, The Fiddlehead, Jelly Bucket, The Penn Review, The Adroit Journal, and Killer Verse. Her prose and poetry has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize, BILiNE, The Best Small Fictions Anthology, and The Best of the Net. You can learn more at her website or follow her on Facebook.
