Free Talk: Showing & Telling — How to Create and Maintain Authentic Connections with Your Readers

Learn effective techniques for "showing" and "telling" in your story.

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Free Talk: How to Write Captivating Side Characters (With Cat Rambo)

Explore the potential of side charactes with award winning author Cat Rambo.

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Nine Manuscript Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in August 2025

Established publishers and small presses seeking manuscripts. No agent required.

Twin Flame Literary: Now Seeking Submissions

A new online journal seeking fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

The Sentence as a Spine: How Syntax Shapes Story

Because how a story is told matters just as much as what happens in it.

28 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for August 2025

These are calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: the hollow court; trolls (fairy tales); Mmeory (memory manipulation); unseen agreements; common bonds; on the money; of swords & roses; Odysseus; erased from history; and travel by plane. THEMED CALLS Vellum Mortis: The Hollow CourtVellum Mortis is a monthly…