Free Talk: Look for the Manuscript Helpers — BETA Readers, Editors, Coaches, & Critique Partners

How to get the right help for your manuscript, at just the right time.

Available to watch right now, completely free.

Free Lecture: How Writers Can Successfully Apply for Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies

How to apply for grants, fellowships, and residences.

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Nine Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in August 2026

Major publishers and small presses open to direct submissions. No agent required.

Cabbage Patch Literary Magazine: Now Seeking Submissions

Publisher of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, fragments, photos, and “strange hybrid things”.

6 Mistakes and Lessons from a Decade of Submitting

These might be costing you some acceptances.

35 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for August 2026

▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all These are calls and contests from 35 outlets for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: cozy fantasy; anger management for pet peeves; of love forbidden; aliens & cryptids; food in fairy tales; bodies of work; poetry and polar science; not/feeling better;…