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ANTHOLOGY: Waking in the Blue: Mental Health, Treatment, and the Creative Process, Please submit up to 3 poems, new or published, and a short essay, discussing how mental illness and/or medication has affected your poetry. Deadline: January 30, 2025. Payment: 1 copy. of anthology, No reading fee. Editor: Sherri Levine. Please send to: sherrihope68@gmail.com.

LOVE NOTES ANTHOLOGY: Stories of Hope & Compassion. Mayacamas Press invites visionary entries for its second anthology contest. If life or love changed you, we want to hear about it. Got a story? We’re looking for fresh voices. Stories will be published in 2025. Learn here: https://bit.ly/3U5JBfv. 

LOVE READING AND WRITING interesting, “unputdownable” short stories in a respected annual anthology that’s been compared favorably with Best American Short Stories? Then check out COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2025—https://www.coolestamericanstories.com/—and, after the 13 engaging stories in it inspire you, write a new story and submit to us!

THE WASHINGTON WRITERS’ Publishing House’s upcoming anthology, AMERICA’S FUTURE, seeks poetry and prose (fiction or CNF up to 2,500 words) from writers from D.C., Maryland, or Virginia, or anyone with a connection to the DMV area. Complete anthology guidelines including prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org. Deadline: December 31, 2024. Submittable fee: $5. Payment for contributors: $25. AMERICA’S FUTURE celebrates our 50th anniversary as a nonprofit, cooperative literary press. We are not going back. Show us the way forward with your poetry and prose.

ATMOSPHERE PRESS is currently seeking submissions of full-length book manuscripts in all genres—from poetry to fiction to memoir and beyond—with no reading fee. Atmosphere Press is an independent publisher dedicated to honesty, transparency, professionalism, kindness, and making your book awesome. Learn more at atmospherepress.com.

NONFICTION MANUSCRIPTS. Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc. seeks full-length, nonfiction manuscripts from BIPOC and underrepresented authors by December 31, 2025. Must be original, unpublished books in English (50,000–100,000 words). Selected works receive a $10K publishing package with $2,000 cash award. $25 fee required. Details: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/manuscript-submissions.

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS. Chesapeake Press publishes fiction and nonfiction books for children about American democracy. We are looking for original fiction manuscripts and nonfiction book proposals related to civics education for readers in grades K-8. More information: https://www.chesapeakepress.org/submissions. 

YOUTH MANUSCRIPTS. Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc. seeks fiction manuscripts from BIPOC authors to address the literature gap for BIPOC middle and high school students. We’re looking for adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, and coming-of-age stories that celebrate BIPOC culture, traditions, and history. Entries must be original, unpublished works in English, 20,000 to 50,000 words, and free of profane or sexually explicit content. Selected submissions receive a publishing package worth $8,000, including a $1,500 cash licensing award. $25 submission fee. Deadlines: July 31, 2025, and December 31, 2025. Details here: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/manuscript-submissions. 

GREEN LINDEN PRESS invites you to submit poetry chapbook manuscripts during our open-reading period, now until March 21. One or more manuscripts will be selected for publication; authors will receive 25 copies and publicity. Authors in the series include James Hoch, Meg Kearney, David Trinidad, and others. Visit www.greenlindenpress.com/submit.

ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (triannually online, selected annual print) accepting and reading submissions late summer through late spring. We are seeking poems people will be inspired to re-read and share with family and friends. Please visit www.abandonedmine.org for examples, past issues, and complete guidelines.

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING seeks personal essays (850-word limit) describing experiences related to health and health care for its Reflections department. Authors do not have to work in health care. $150 honorarium paid upon publication. Go to www.editorialmanager.com/ajn/default.aspx and click on “Reflections” under “Author Guidelines” or query: christine.moffa@wolterskluwer.com. 

ANNUS MIRABILIS! SLAB made it to issue #20 and eagerly seeks your most intriguing CNF, fiction, poetry, and text-based graphic art for our upcoming issue. All submissions read by beautiful, highly perceptive bipeds with no AI in sight. Reading period: Right now to April 15, 2025. Submission info/back issues: slablitmag.org. 

THE AWAKENINGS REVIEW is seeking submissions from writers and poets who have experience with mental illness, either in themselves, family members, or friends. Published twice a year. Prefer submissions about taking positive steps in life. Also, looking for experience with mental illness that is not demoralizing. Submission guidelines at www.awakeningsproject.org.

BELLETRIST 7 invites stories of the unspoken, unwritten, unheard. We are looking for fiction, poems, essays, and miscellany (eavesdroppings, secrets, found objects, crumpled notes, etc.) soaked in absence. Give us the unsaid, the words hidden, not to be revealed, unlikely to be unearthed. Belletrist 7 will be published as a secret text, locked, stashed on a shelf, a place to stow away these unspoken messages. For submission guidelines: www.belletristmagazine.com. 

BLACK MOUNTAIN PRESS accepting submissions for literary magazines Herwords (women) and Januswords (LGBTQ+). Submit for reading now for chapbook competitions and short story collections and novels. Website: www.theblackmountainpress.com. 

COMSTOCK REVIEW Open Reading Period (no fee) January 1–March 31, 2025. Our editors invite poems of imagination, inspiration, distinctive metaphor, and refreshing themes from new and experienced writers. Deadline: March 31, 2025, through Submittable or mail. Check website for details. Address: Comstock Review, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. **NEW GUIDELINES!** Poem length 60 lines maximum (includes stanza breaks). Maximum line length 70 characters. No previously published or AI-assisted poems. Complete rules on website: www.comstockreview.org or www.comstockreview.submittable.com/submit. 

HAWAII PACIFIC REVIEW seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Based at Hawaii Pacific University, HPR charges no fees and reads submissions from late summer to early spring. Our work has been featured in the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize anthologies. Details can be found at www.hawaiipacificreview.org. 

I-70 REVIEW IS now accepting submissions of poetry or short fiction until December 31, 2025, for its 2026 issue. Please check our website (i70review.fieldinfoserv.com/) for submission guidelines and also consider entering the Bill Hickok Humor Award for Poetry from January 1 through February 28, 2025.

LOOKING FOR Fresh Voices: Trajectory Journal is actively seeking new, unpublished short stories (7,500-word limit), poems, CNF, book reviews. Open to all styles/genres except writings for children, YA, sci-fi, fantasy, or horror. Submit work and brief bio (75 words max) to: Trajectory, P.O. Box 655, Frankfort, KY 40602.

THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES, America’s premier publication on antiques and visual arts, is accepting poetry submissions for a creative new feature which pairs a poem with a crossword puzzle on the same theme. The poem must consider antiques, art, or collecting and, ideally, reflect subject knowledge. No submission fee. $50 paid for accepted poems. Send 1–3 unpublished poems, 30-50 lines each. It may take six months to hear back. Notify us if a submission is accepted elsewhere. Send submissions in a single document with your name as the title to evegrubinantiques@gmail.com, with a brief cover letter. Use this address for questions.

THE MEDICAL LITERARY MESSENGER seeks thought-provoking poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art related to medicine, illness, and the body. Online submissions are free and accepted on a rolling basis. Visit us at www.med-lit.vcu.edu for more information. 

MISTAKE HOUSE MAGAZINE invites submissions of fiction and poetry by undergraduate or graduate students. We’re interested in writing that playfully defies easy classification and pushes the boundaries of form. Submission window: October 15, 2024, to March 15, 2025. Submission fee: $5. Guidelines at www.mistakehouse.org/submit. 

NOMINEE: Ranked 6th among Top 25 Literary Magazines & Publications in 2022–2024 (Feedspot). The RavensPerch Literary Magazine seeks submissions of well-groomed poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. For submission guidelines, visit us at www.theravensperch.com. 

PENSIVE: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts, biannual online publication from Northeastern University, welcomes the most exciting unpublished poetry, prose, art, translations you submit. Please explore first at www.pensivejournal.com; submit via Submittable; 2 annual submission periods. Submit once per year. No fee. Historically underrepresented and international voices encouraged.

RATTLE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS of food poems for the Summer 2025 issue: Poems may be written in any style on the topic of food. Deadline: January 15, 2025. Online submissions accepted. For more information, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

THE REDWOOD REVIEW is a tri-annual international literary-arts journal publishing language and art that interrogates the anatomy of customary cogitations on class strata, racialized bodies, and queer identities. Black, Afro/Indigenous-POC are encouraged to submit to theredwoodreview.org. All genres are welcome. Make it strange, poignant, conniving—we love it all.

RIVERSEDGE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS of poetry, prose (fiction, nonfiction, plays), and graphic lit in English, Spanish, and anything in between. Poetry and prose submissions eligible for annual contests. Previous contributors include Sandra Cisneros, Naomi Shihab Nye, Denise Duhamel, Esteban Rodriguez, among others. Submissions accepted October 1, 2024, to March 1, 2025. For guidelines visit www.riversedgejournal.com. 

SAN PEDRO RIVER REVIEW. Print journal of poetry and art, since 2009. Open January 1-31, 2025. No submission fee. For more, see www.bluehorsepress.com. 

STEAM TICKET, the nationally circulated journal published by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of English, invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the 2025 issue, Volume 28. Deadline: March 1, 2025. For guidelines: www.uwlax.edu/english/publications/steam-ticket. 

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN for The Waiting Room, vol. 2. $0 submission fee, rolling deadline, decisions made by the editors. The Waiting Room captures our most ugly and most beautiful, send us yours. All genres of art and literature considered. For more information and submission guidelines, visit www.nervousghostpress.org. Write on.

SUBMISSIONS TO River Teeth (narrative nonfiction) and Beautiful Things (micro-essays) are open January 1– April 1, 2025. River Teeth encourages underrepresented writers to submit work for consideration, including but not limited to: BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled writers. Read complete guidelines for all submissions at riverteethjournal.com/submission-guidelines/. 

TAHOMA LITERARY REVIEW pays writers! $55 for poetry & flash prose, $0.05/word for prose over 1,100 words. Everything we accept comes from the open submission queue. We are reading poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions January 15 to April 7, 2025. See submission guidelines and our latest issue at tahomaliteraryreview.com. 

THIRD STREET REVIEW is an online literary journal for flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography. We are a paying market, and we welcome work from writers and artists from all cultural backgrounds and experience levels. For complete submission guidelines, please visit www.third-street-review.org/submissions. Looking forward to seeing your work! 

TINT JOURNAL, the literary magazine for non-native English creative writing, publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language. See our homepage for our open calls and our guidelines, and submit via www.tintjournal.com/submit (no fee). #showyourtint. 

TWO HAWKS QUARTERLY is a digital journal affiliated with Antioch University Los Angeles’ BA Program in Creative Writing and is setting the bar for contemporary literature with bold and illuminating poetry, fiction, CNF, art, and quality experimental work. Submissions open September 9, 2024. For guidelines, see www.twohawksquarterly.com. 

WILLOW REVIEW IS a nonprofit international creative writing journal (est. 1969) accepting general submissions year-round. Send a maximum of 5 poems or short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7,000 words. All work should be unpublished and accompanied by SASE. Manuscripts will not be returned unless requested. We will accept simultaneous submissions if indicated in the cover letter. Submissions should be sent to Willow Review, College of Lake County, 19351 West Washington St., Grayslake, IL 60030-1198. Willow Review can be found on EBSCO host databases. Website: www.clcillinois.edu/willowreview. 

THE WRITER’S WORKSHOP REVIEW publishes the best in creative nonfiction, fiction, and interviews and pays for published stories. Send us narrative nonfiction, personal essays, short stories, short shorts, as well as travel, food and wine, and writing with a strong narrative element. Submissions: Kathleen Glassburn at glassburnkathleen03@gmail.com. For more information, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net. 

LIT YOUNGSTOWN’S 9th annual Fall Literary Festival in Ohio October 16–18, 2025, features Todd Davis, David Huebert, Kortney Morrow, and Sean Prentiss. Optional theme: Environmental writing. Submit proposals in February for readings, craft talks, workshops, roundtables that center writing, reading, teaching, translating, publishing, outreach, inclusion. Welcoming community, historic venues. Website: www.lityoungstown.org.

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by January 31, 2025— Best Poetry $1,000; Fiction $1,000; Nonfiction $1,000; Flash Fiction $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online. “I’m always grateful when a literary journal, especially one as prestigious as NMW, recognizes that some stories simply can’t be told in under 5,000 words. And NMW accepting reprints is an encouraging reminder that some pieces deserve to have a lifespan longer than a single publication. Thank you!”—Alida Winternheimer, recent submitter. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

2025 NEW AMERICAN Poetry Prize. $1,500 and book publication. Final judge: Sara Eliza Johnson. Deadline: January 15, 2025. Minimum length: 48 pages (no maximum). Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines: https://newamericanpress.com/2025-new-american-poetry-prize-final-judge-sara-eliza-johnson. 

THE 2025 ORISON PRIZES in Poetry & Fiction offer $1,500 and publication by Orison Books for a full-length manuscript in each genre. Judges: Phillip B. Williams (poetry) and Tessa Fontaine (fiction). Entry fee: $25. Entry period: December 1, 2024–April 1, 2025. For guidelines visit orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2025 PRIME NUMBER Magazine Awards for Poetry and Short Fiction. $1,000 first prize in each category plus publication. Two runners-up in each category also published. Reading fee: $15. Open January through March. Submit online through Submittable. Details at www.press53.com/prime-number-magazine-awards. 

AMERICA MEDIA Foley Poetry Contest. $1,000 prize. No entrance fee. Submissions accepted: January 1–March 31, 2025. One unpublished poem on any topic. 45 lines or fewer. Submit online: americamedia.submittable.com. Mailed submissions: America, Foley Poetry Contest, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, NY, 10036.

ANNUAL RATTLE CHAPBOOK PRIZE offers 3 winners $5,000 for a chapbook (up to 36 pages), plus 500 author copies and distribution to Rattle’s 8,000+ subscribers. Entry fee of $30 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: January 15, 2025. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com/chapbooks. 

ANNUS MIRABILIS! SLAB’s 2025 Boggs Fiction Prize seeks stories of all lengths for its upcoming issue. First place: $850/publication; 2nd: $500/publication. All submissions considered for publication. Judge: Kerry Neville, author of the collections Necessary Lies and Remember to Forget Me. Reading period: Right now; $10 reading fee. Details: slablitmag.org. 

APPLE IN THE DARK is accepting flash fiction contest submissions until January 15, 2025. $6 entry fee. $150 first-place prize. Winner (and potentially some finalists) will be published in 2025. Word limit per piece: 1,500. Multiple entries welcome. Contest judge: Abby Frucht. More at https://appleinthedark.com/. 

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is open again! Now in its 15th year, the prize is for a book-length collection, $1,000, and book publication with Spring 2025 titles. Judge: Anthony Walton. Entry fee: $30. Submission deadline: June 30, 2025. For submission guidelines: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize. 

BICOASTALREVIEW.COM is a quarterly journal that publishes excellent poetry (with audio), nonfiction, interviews, art, and photography, particularly on current events and themes related to the U.S. East and West coasts. Our annual single-poem contest winner receives a $200 cash prize and custom-made broadside. Submit today!

CLOUDBANK CONTEST: Prize of $200 will be awarded for 1 poem or short prose piece in the next issue of Cloudbank. Submissions accepted through February 28, 2025. $15 entry fee includes 2-issue subscription. Find complete contest guidelines, as well as information on current and past issues, at cloudbankbooks.com. Revive us with your fire.

COMMON GROUND REVIEW (now online) seeks entries for its Annual Poetry Contest! First prize: $500 and publication; second prize: $200; third: $100. We publish honorable mentions. Judge TBA, $15 entry, no previously published poems. Regular submissions (all genres) are also welcome: No fee, simultaneous submissions. Send via Submittable at www.cgreview.org. 

ENTRIES ARE being accepted for the 2025 Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival Poetry and Short Story Contest. $10 for 2 poems or 1 short story. $1,000 total awards. Award winners may read on stage or give permission for another author to read their winning works. Deadline: April 30, 2025. Entry form, fee, and 2 copies of works mailed to: 252 Twin Lakes Rd., Latrobe, PA 15650. Submit by e-mail at info@artsandheritage.com. Digital entry form available: www.artsandheritage.com/the-arts/literary-arts. Phone: (724) 834-7474.

THE ENTRY PERIOD for the 2025 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest is January 1–June 1, 2025. U.S. and international sonneteers compete for prizes totaling $3,500. Categories: Top Four, Regional (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa), Youth, and Laureates’ Choice. Up to 3 sonnets: $5 fee through April, $10 fee in May. Free for youth and undergraduate. Website: sonnetcontest.org; e-mail: entries@sonnetcontest.org. 

EX OPHIDIA PRESS Poetry Prize in memory of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds for book-length manuscripts (48–100 pages). Top prize: $2,000, publication/distribution, 10 author copies, color cover. Reading fee: $25. Enter May 1–September 15, 2025. Entrants must reside in the U.S. Judge: Felicia Zamora. See our guidelines at www.exophidiapress.org. Submit through our Submittable account.

GRAYSON BOOKS Chapbook Contest. $500 and 50 gorgeous copies will be awarded to the winner. Submit 16-32 pages poetry, $20 reading fee. January 31, 2025 deadline. Electronic submissions only. Simultaneous submissions accepted if we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Luisa Caycedo-Kimura will judge. See www.graysonbooks.com for complete guidelines.

HAZEL ROWLEY PRIZE for First-Time Biographers: Sponsored by the Biographers International Organization (BIO), the Rowley prize offers $5,000 for the best book proposal from a first-time biographer, plus a careful reading by an established agent. Submissions due February 1, 2025. Guidelines and entry forms are available on the BIO website: www.biographersinternational.org/rowley-prize. 

INLANDIA INSTITUTE—Inlandia Books: The Eliud Martínez Prize for Prose CLOSES January 31, 2025. The Hillary Gravendyk Prize for Poetry OPENS February 1, 2025. Submission fees apply. Fee waivers available. Each prize comes with $1,000 cash award, 20 copies, and standard book contract. Judged blind. Complete details: tinyurl.com/InlandiaSubmittable. 

IRIDESCENCE AWARDS 2025. Kinsman Quarterly seeks BIPOC authors to submit supernatural, extraterrestrial, or paranormal short stories or poetry by April 30, 2025. Themes for the Iridescence Award 2025 include fantasy, science fiction, Afro-futurism, mythology, paranormal, etc. Prizes include publication and cash up to $1,000 USD. $15 fee required. Details here: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/contests. 

THE KATHRYN A. MORTON PRIZE in Poetry, the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, and the Sarabande Prize in Essay are open for submissions January 1 through February 15, 2025. Diane Suess will judge for poetry, Ed Park for fiction, and Leslie Jamison for essay. Each awards a prize of $2,000, publication of the manuscript, and a standard royalty contract. $34 entry fee for each. Visit www.sarabandebooks.org for full guidelines and information on our special guest judges. 

THE MEMOIR PRIZE for Books awards up to $5,000 for full-length memoir, essay collection, graphic memoir, creative, and narrative nonfiction works of exceptional merit. There are no restrictions on subject matter, page count, type of publisher, or the year of publication. Deadline: February 28, 2025. Find out more at: https://memoirmag.com/literature/the-memoir-prize-for-books/. 

OVER $1,000 in Cash prizes. Artist Embassy International’s 32nd annual Dancing Poetry Festival Contest. Deadline: April 15. Any subject, 40-line max. 51 cash awards. Three grand prizes choreographed and presented in performance. All 51 winning poets read live or Zoom for lasting YouTube presence at www.dancingpoetry.com. Send 2 copies, one with ID. One/$5, 3/$10, no limit. Send to Judy Cheung, 704 Brigham Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404.

SELECTED SHORTS’ Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Contest judged by author Ottessa Moshfegh. Prize includes $1,000; publication on electricliterature.com; a 10-week course with Gotham Writers Workshop; and 2 tickets to a performance of Selected Shorts featuring your winning story. Max: 750 words. Fee: $25. Due: March 7, 2025. For complete guidelines, visit www.selectedshorts.org. 

BOOST YOUR POETRY! Poetry Parlor is an online club for poets who want to take their writing to the next level. Each month you meet with other members to discuss an excellent contemporary poem, create your own poem from a stimulating prompt, then get expert help to improve it. Visit www.writebetterpoems.com/poetryparlor.

PORCHES WRITING RETREAT, an historic farmhouse overlooking the James River in Blue Ridge foothills. Spacious porches, comfortable, high-ceilinged rooms, high-speed Wi-Fi, well-equipped kitchen, also a private cottage. Find peace and inspiration. Availability by day, week, month. Open all year. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com. 

JOIN A PAGE LAMBERT WRITING ADVENTURE NOW. To be in the presence of other writers is a rare and treasured thing. Set your intentions now to join Page Lambert on a retreat, whether for a day or a week. 2025 offerings include: Romancing the Story, Colorado (February); Literature & Landscape of the Horse, Wyoming (May); River Writing Journey for Women, Utah (August); Santa Fe & Taos Autumn Sojourn, New Mexico (September); Works-in-Progress Writing Seminars, Colorado (monthly). Website: www.pagelambert.com. 

WOMEN READING ALOUD will host an international writing retreat in Madeira, Portugal. May 12-19, 2025. Luxury accommodations with breathtaking landscapes, attention to detail with daily writing workshops, create the beauty of our retreats. Dedicated to the power of the writer’s voice, we emphasize community and connection. Add us to your writing life in 2025. Visit our website: www.womenreadingaloud.org. E-mail: julie@womenreadingaloud.org. 

WRITER’S HOUSE, Brittany, France. 150 years old. Beamed ceilings, original floors, quiet, safe, antique furnishings and all modern conveniences: shower, electricity, dishwasher, washer-dryer, DVD, Wi-Fi; ¾ acre with flowers and fruit trees; facing river/canal. Gorgeous. Contact Mark at mgdonna@aol.com; phone: (510) 866-5496; (510) 290-9497. 

DORLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS RESIDENCY is nestled in the hills overlooking beautiful Temecula Valley wine country of Southern CA. Five self-contained cottages each with workspace & porch—easily providing social distancing. Hiking trails/ponds/views—oak trees and quail. Peaceful, inspiring. Finish your project. Rolling applications/reserve now! E-mail: info@dorlandartscolony.org; website: www.dorlandartscolony.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

EZRA RESIDENCIES! Solitary residency (summer), competitive, offered by Ezra: An Online Journal of Translation. Cottage in NH Lakes Region, quiet road, woods, mountain views. View on the Ezra site: www.ezratranslation.com. 

FAST APPROACHING Deadline? Domestic hubbub? Prospect Street Writers House offers peace and quiet by the week or by the day. We’ll find a spot for you. Website: www.prospectstreet.org or e-mail: gclark@prospectstreet.org. 

LOCATED IN THE southwestern Vermont village of North Bennington, Prospect Street provides both tranquility and conviviality to writers of all genres at every stage of their writing life. The recently renovated Victorian has 12 bedrooms configured in 3 suites of 4 bedrooms, 8 with en suite bath. Residents meet for a home-cooked dinner meal but are responsible for breakfast and lunch. One- and 2-week stays are available throughout the year. Submit a writing sample, letter of intent, your choice of dates. The Writers House is easy to get to and hard to leave. Consult www.prospectstreet.org for submission details, calendar, and pricing. Six Yellow Door Fellowships will be available for 2025, more info at www.slideroom.com. Any questions, reach out to Gary Clark at gclark@prospectstreet.org. 

WRITE ON, DOOR COUNTY (Wisconsin) offers residencies and retreats located on the Door County peninsula bound by the waters of Lake Michigan. You will be surrounded by nature and a thriving artist community. Write On provides a comfortable 3-bedroom residence, writing center, and a 59-acre campus. Applications accepted February 1– May 1, 2025; for details visit writeondoorcounty.org.

2025 IS YOUR YEAR, poets! Want to write more poems and get published? Two Sylvias Press’ WEEKLY MUSE has been called “the Ultimate Resource for Poets!” Enjoy a year of Zoom poetry classes with renowned poets, weekly poetry prompts & exercises, publishing opportunities, interviews, insider info, and more—all included in your paid subscription. Seeking community, expert guidance, and support? We’ve got you! Invest in your poetry life—all of this for under $20/month. Sign up here: https://twosylviaspress.substack.com/subscribe. 

ABLE AND WELL-KNOWN writer, teacher, editor, (Scribner, Random House, Bantam, Dell, Oxford University Press, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Narrative, Harper’s, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The American Scholar, Esquire, GQ, Ploughshares) offers manuscript critique, editing, private tutorials on short stories, novels, and literary nonfiction. Authors edited include Rick Bass, T. C. Boyle, Jennifer Egan, Saidiya Hartman, Min Jin Lee, Anthony Marra, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joyce Carol Oates, James Salter, Morgan Talty, and many others. Contact: editor@tomjenks.com. Website: tomjenks.com.  

ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE SERVICES: Visit my website for budget-sensitive options. Marcia Trahan, memoirist (Mercy, Barrelhouse Books) and editor with 20 years’ experience, offers critique, copy editing, and help with queries and proposals. Specializing in memoir; also handles wide range of fiction. Traditional and indie authors welcome. Patient, supportive approach. E-mail: info@marciatrahan.com. Website: www.marciatrahan.com. 

ACCLAIMED POETRY EDITOR, former executive director of Alice James Books, 25+ years’ editing experience. Professional manuscript evaluation, comprehensive editing. Edits for various budgets. Workshops, tutorials, publishing, publicity advice. Author of We (Red Hen Press, 2025), Event Boundaries, Anxious Music (Four Way Books). Former SNU CW MFA faculty. Website: www.aprilossmann.com. E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com. 

AN ASTUTE, precise, compassionate editor. Jan Freeman provides manuscript consultations, development, editorial services, and coaching for prose writers and poets. With 45 years of experience in NYC publishing and as former director of Paris Press, publisher of Woolf, Rukeyser, Dickinson. “Jan’s ear and her perceptive questions and suggestions were right on the mark as I worked towards the completion of my memoir, Beyond This Harbor. Jan is terrific. I highly recommend her.”—Rose Styron. For details visit https://www.janfreeman.net/editing-services. E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com. 

AT PORCHES Writing Retreat: A comprehensive 3-day 1-on-1 novel consultation, offering a deep dive into your manuscript with editor Greg Michalson for writers who have a finished or nearly finished draft. This unique experience includes 4 nights in an 1854 farmhouse on the James River, VA. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com/workshops-fellowships. 

AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Professional editor, literary midwife, award-winning author (Bantam, Avon, Scholastic, Berkley/Ace, others) offers extensive critiques, tutorials, revisions, support. Upgrade your writing skills; solve problems with plot, character development, pacing. Specialties include literary and mainstream fiction, mystery/thriller, juvenile/YA, general nonfiction, psychology, spirituality. Carol Gaskin. Phone: (941) 377-7640. E-mail: carol@editorialalchemy.com. Website: www.editorialalchemy.com.  

AWARD-WINNING FICTION WRITER, graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, creative writing teacher of 35 years, provides personalized manuscript editing. I offer detailed editing, honest evaluation, and sensitive critique. I work with new and experienced writers, fiction and nonfiction. Contact Hugh Cook. E-mail: hughcook212@gmail.com. Website: hugh-cook.ca.

BIRDS & MUSES Mentorship for Women Writers. Realize your vision with a mentor as invested in your story & your growth as you are. Acclaimed novelist, memoirist, editor Kate Moses has been taking writers under her wing for 3 decades with startling insights, attentive generosity, command of craft, acute editorial skill. Website: www.birdsandmuses.com. 

BLOCKED? STRUGGLING? I’ll help you finish that project! Break through blocks with professional writing mentoring from published journalist, poet, playwright, researcher. Skilled editor, experienced teacher, compassionate coach. New genre? Creative transition? Unearthed manuscript? Personal dream?—I can help you write, edit, publish! Carol Burbank, MA, PhD. Free 30-minute consultation. E-mail: cburbank@storyweaving.com. Website: www.storyweaving.com. 

FREE SESSION with Writer Wellness Consultant and Mentor. Have writing begging to get on the page, revised, and moved on to publishing? Want to find out what’s in the way? Give yourself the gift of a free consultation and get started. Contact: Andrea R. Canaan, MSW, MFA. E-mail: andreacanaan@gmail.com; website: www.andreacanaan.blog. 

INKBLOSSOM: A Global Community of Writers offers virtual and in-person writing workshops, retreats, and conferences, plus individual mentoring opportunities. For 16 years, acclaimed writer and teacher Connie May Fowler has created small, nurturing spaces designed to help people become the very best writers they can be. Many InkBlossom writers publish widely, while others are just beginning their creative journeys. To join our vibrant writing community and to view our offerings, visit www.inkblossomwriters.com. 

LOOKING TO take your work to the next level? I am a widely published writer of literary, mystery, and noir short stories and have been working as a writing coach, editor, and workshop leader for more than 15 years. Competitive rates, free initial consultation. More at tomandes.com or contact me at thomasandes@gmail.com. 

POETRY, POETRY MS. Expand your range, syntax, facility with language. Close editing, attention to big picture, phone or Skype conferences—U.S. or international. Experienced poet/teacher, award-winning author of 11 collections, 5 with Godine and Knopf. I founded and taught in the MFA and postgraduate conference at Vermont College. E-mail: rogerweingarten12@gmail.com. For further details, please visit website: www.rogerweingarten.com.

RESPECTFUL, AFFORDABLE feedback in fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting and poetry. Award-winning writer with over 15 years college teaching experience. From line edits to global revisions, character work to creative coaching, brainstorming to final draft, I’m here for what you need. M.F.A., Ph.D. in CW. Initial consultations are free. Website: adamprinceauthor.com. 

FOR 55 SUMMERS, the Community of Writers has held weeklong summer writing workshops in the High Sierra. Poets and writers come to improve their craft with small workshops and individual conferences, craft lectures, panels, readings, and more. Poetry program: June 21-27, 2025. Writers workshops in fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction, July 7-14, 2025. Financial aid available. Application deadline: March 10, 2025. Website: www.communityofwriters.org. 

GET AWAY TO WRITE—Florida. March 11-16, 2025. Escape the cold to write in Florida. Spend an inspiring week writing poetry or prose. Enjoy plentiful writing time, insightful feedback, homemade meals, and time to relax. Scholarships available. Learn more and register today: www.stockton.edu/murphywriting. 

GREATER PHILADELPHIA Wordshop Studio supports writers in the development of their individual voices and practice of their craft. Workshops in Center City and Delaware County, PA, following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method. Writers of all ages, levels of experience, and genres welcome. Phone: (610) 853-0296. E-mail: ah@philawordshop.com. Website: www.philawordshop.com. 

ITALY RETREAT/WORKSHOP with Kim Addonizio (8 poetry collections, NBA Finalist, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Poetry) & Tracey Knapp (42 Miles Press Award for Mouth; Best New Poets, Rattle, Five Points). May 16-26, 2025 at a serene former monastery in Umbria. Included: Generative & critique sessions, meals, lodging, day trips. Info: https://laromita.org or www.kimaddonizio.com. 

ROOT VISION Writing Retreat at WhisperTree. February 14-17, 2025. Near Mendocino lies a sumptuous landscape inspiring creativity & transformation. Package includes: Rustic-chic accommodations, farm-to-table chef-made meals, daytime workshops, evening fireside salons, and more. Designed for writers at every level. $1,200– $2,500 each. ($950 for additional participant with shared room). Website: www.rootvisionretreats.com. 

SPRING AND SUMMER Creativity Workshops in New York, Barcelona, Florence, and Prague. We use many different techniques to help you discover your way through your novel, essay, poem, memoir, or script. Learn to keep your writing process joyful, playful, and inspiring. In the Creativity Workshop you will be doing free writing, writing from guided visualizations, collaborative writing, mindfulness, memoir exercises, and even some rudimentary visual techniques. Many writers call this workshop a transformational experience. Come join us! More information at creativityworkshop.com or questions@creativityworkshop.com. 

WRITING CO-LAB provides dynamic online classes, 1-day seminars, and workshops in every genre to deepen your craft, sharpen your publishing acumen, and ignite your imagination. Writing Co-Lab is cooperatively owned and run by artists committed to the joyous power of the written word. Learn more and browse classes at www.writingco-lab.com/.