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INTO READING AND WRITING top-notch short stories? Want to be published in the anthology that readers nationwide are ranking higher than Best American and O. Henry? Then read COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2025: https://amzn.to/4958AFN. Let its 13 “unputdownable” stories inspire you, then write a new story and submit it to us!

SEEKING WRITINGS on divorce and breakup for the anthology, “When We Two Parted,” edited by published poet and teacher, Magdalena Montagne. Poetry, any length, style. Prose, 2- page maximum. E-mail submissions to magdamontagne@gmail.com with “divorce” in the subject heading. Submit by April 30, 2025.

VISITING JONI: An anthology of poems & short prose inspired by the life and work of Joni Mitchell. Deadline: April 15, 2025. Send up to 3 pieces and short bio to us at  visitingjonianthology@gmail.com. See complete guidelines: https://debramarquart.com/visiting-joni-poems-inspired-by-the-life-and-work-of-joni-mitchell-call-for-submissions/. Edited by Alan Davis, Debra Marquart, and Thom Tammaro.

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.  

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: www.chesapeakepress.org/submissions.

2025 TWO SYLVIAS PRESS Chapbook Prize is now open. Winner receives $1,000, publication by Two Sylvias Press, 20 copies of the winning book, and a depression glass trophy (circa 1930). Open to all poets and all entries considered for publication. Deadline: May 31. Judge: Ellen Bass. Guidelines: www.twosylviaspress.com/chapbook-prize.html. 

BLUE LIGHT PRESS chapbook contest. Publication + 10 copies of your book. We like imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest poems that push the edge. Send 12- to 30-page manuscript, SASE, $10 contest fee to Blue Light Press, P.O. Box 150300, San Rafael, CA 94915 by June 30. For guidelines, bluelightpress@aol.com. Website: www.bluelightpress.com.

2026 OREGON POETRY CALENDAR seeks poems from current Oregon residents. Theme: the water around us. Poems paired with color photographs to produce a lovely wall calendar. Deadline: May 31, 2025. Blind submissions, no fee. Previously published and simultaneous okay, no bio needed. For info: redshoespress@5redshoes.com. No e-mail submissions. Submissions: https://redshoepress.submittable.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. 

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 site. Reading period: Right now to April 15, 2025. Submission info/back issues: slablitmag.org. 

ARLIJO, AN ONLINE JOURNAL, is accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction (less than 10 pages), art/photography between March 30–April 30. Submit items as Word doc or RTF doc, with a short bio, contact info. No reading fee/no payment/all rights revert to authors after online publication. Submit to: arlijo@myyahoo.com. 

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

CÆSURA REQUESTS SUBMISSIONS of poetry, fiction (sci-fi/non/flash), and all visual art forms, submission window March 1, 2025, to June 1, 2025. We need content for 2 unique volumes, print and online. No fees. Call will post by February 28, 2025. Scroll on www.pcsj.org/caesura to read the call/guidelines, view online editions, and order print editions.

COLLATERAL publishes literary and visual art concerned with the impact of violent conflict and military service beyond the combat zone. We read year round, charge no fees, and publish each May and November. Submit through our website: www.collateraljournal.com. 

CONNECTICUT RIVER REVIEW, a national poetry journal, is accepting submissions from February 1 to April 15. Electronic submissions only. Send up to 3 original unpublished poems in a single document, no more than 1 poem per page, no more than 4 pages total. Website: https://connecticutriverreview.submittable.com/submit. Check our website for complete guidelines: www.ctpoetry.net/connecticut-river-review.html. 

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. 

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 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. 

NOMINEE: Ranked sixth 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 poetry submissions from Late Bloomers for the Fall 2025 issue: Poems may be any style or subject but must be written by those who only started publishing poetry after age 50. Deadline: April 15. Online submissions accepted. For more information, visit our website: www.rattle.com. 

SOLSTICE: A Magazine of Diverse Voices, an award-winning publication, seeks new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and graphic lit. We publish writers of varying nationalities and races, as well as diverse religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. From the well-known to the marginalized. Send us your best work. Website: solsticelitmag.org. 

STONE CANOE, the award-winning annual journal of art, writing, and ideas, is now reading submissions for its 2026 issue. The journal is open to work by poets, writers, and artists who are either current or former residents of Upstate New York. For complete submission guidelines, visit www.stonecanoe.submittable.com/submit or e-mail stonecanoe@ymcacny.org. 

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/. 

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 EBSCOhost 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, and 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, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net.

JOIN US FOR Somos’ Ninth Annual Taos Writers Conference in beautiful Taos, NM, July 25–27, 2025, featuring keynote speaker Nick Flynn. Over 20 workshops in every genre, including poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, YA, and essays. FYI: somos@somostaos.org, call (575) 758-0081, or e-mail somos@somostaos.org.

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by June 30—Best Poetry $1,000; Fiction $1,000; Nonfiction $1,000; Flash Fiction $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online. “I love the freedom of these contests, where so many different genres and approaches to writing are welcomed! It’s wonderful to feel as though my stories have a home, a place to send them that’s as excited as I am about the various forms and approaches writing can take.”—E. M. Conoway, recent submitter. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org. 

$5,000 ONLY POEMS Poet of the Year Prize. Winner: $3,000. Four finalists: $500 each. All nominated for Pushcart, Best Spiritual Literature, Best of the Net, or Best New Poets. Winners will also receive extensive interviews alongside publication of 5–10 poems each. (We celebrate poets, not just poems.) Submissions: March 1–April 30. Submit up to 10 pages of unpublished poetry. Fee: $18. Multiple and simultaneous submissions accepted. Winners announced in July. Guidelines and more: www.onlypoems.net/contests/poet-year-prize. 

2025 AGHA SHAHID ALI Poetry Manuscript Prize. $1,000 award, publication with the University of Utah Press, and a reading with the Guest Writer’s Series. Deadline: April 15. Judge: TBA. Reading fee: $25. Open to new and established poets. Online submissions only. Guidelines are available at www.uofupress.com/ali-poetry-prize.php. 

2025 NEW AMERICAN FICTION PRIZE. $1,500 and book publication. Deadline: June 15. Minimum length: 100 pages (no maximum). Final judge: Clancy Martin, Guggenheim Fellow and author of Bad Sex and How to Sell. Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines: https://newamericanpress.com/2025-new-american-fiction-prize/.   

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 receive $250 plus publication. Reading fee $15. Open January through March. Submit online through Submittable. Details at www.press53.com/prime-number-magazine-awards. 

THE ANNUAL RATTLE POETRY PRIZE offers $15,000 for a single poem, plus a $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award. Entry fee of $30 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: July 15. Submit up to 4 unpublished poems per entry. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com/prize. 

ANNUS MIRABILIS! SLAB’s 2025 Boggs Fiction Prize seeks stories of all lengths for its upcoming issue. First place: $850 & publication; second: $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. 

BARRY SPACKS Poetry Prize. Gunpowder Press is accepting book-length manuscripts of 48–100 pages for the 11th annual Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, which honors Barry’s legacy of accessible yet challenging work. The prize is $1,000 + 20 author copies. Entry fee is $20. Full details at www.gunpowderpress.com. 

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is open! 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 guidelines: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize. Submit through submittable.com.

BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW’S annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. $1,000 Fiction Prize (judge: TBD), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (judge: Nicole Chung), $1,000 Poetry Prize (judge: Patricia Spears Jones). Submissions open March 1–July 1. Entry fee: $20. Website: www.blreview.org. 

CALL FOR SCRIPTS: Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre’s Annual 10-Minute Play Festival “8 Tens @ 8.” Sixteen winners will be selected for full productions in January–February 2026. All styles and genres considered. Previously unproduced work only please. Deadline: June 30 (or 300 submissions). For guidelines see: www.santacruzactorstheatre.org/play-contest-submissions. 

CANTOR PRIZE 2025: $1,000, five $250 finalist prizes. Eighth Year. Open to Colorado poets any topic, or any poet writing in English about Colorado. $12 fee per poem, 3 for $30. Starts: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Judge: José A. Alcántara.Feedback: $8 per poem. Info at: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. 

CIDER PRESS REVIEW Editors’ Prize for a book-length poetry collection in English. Prize: $1,000 and publication. All entrants will receive the winning book. Reading period: April 1–June 30. Reading fee: $27. Judges: CPR editors. Submit 48– to 80-page manuscript: www.ciderpressreview.com/submit.  Guidelines: www.ciderpressreview.com/bookaward. 

CRAB CREEK REVIEW 2025 Poetry Prize. Judge: Rena Priest. $500 plus publication. Submit up to 4 poems. $16 entry fee. All entries considered for publication. Winner & finalists will appear in Crab Creek Review. Deadline: May 15. Full guidelines at www.crabcreekreview.org. 

DARREL ALEJANDRO HOLNES judges POET HUNT 30 hosted by the MacGuffin. First prize will receive $500 and publication. Send up to 5 poems per $15 entry fee via Submittable or post. Entries accepted from April 1 through June 16, 2025. Entry fee includes 1 free issue. Full guidelines: https://schoolcraft.edu/macguffin. 

DZANC BOOKS seeks innovative novels, story collections, and works of nonfiction for its annual contests. Contest winners receive publication and advances: $5,000 for the Prize for Fiction, $2,500 for the Short Story Collection, and $1,500 for the Nonfiction Prize. $25 reading fee per submission. Contests close September 30. Details at www.dzancbooks.org. 

EMMA HOWELL Rising Poet Prize. The winner of the Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize receives $2,000 and publication by Willow Springs Books. Any first book by a poet under 35 is eligible. Manuscripts should be a minimum of 48 pages with a $25 entry fee. The deadline is April 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Willow Springs Books, c/o Inland Northwest Center for Writers, 601 E Riverside Ave., CAT Room 442, Spokane, WA 99202. Anish Nekkalapudi, managing editor. E-mail: willowspringsbooks@gmail.com; website: willowspringsbooks.org. 

THE ENTRY PERIOD for the 2025 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest is January 1–June 1. 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.

FISCHER PRIZE 2025: $1,000, five $250 outstanding finalist prizes. 29th year. Open to all topics, all styles, all poets writing in English anywhere in the world. $12 fee per poem, 3 for $30. Start: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Judge: Art Goodtimes. Feedback $8 per poem. Info at: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. 

THE GRONK NICANDRO PRIZE honors the internationally renowned artist Gronk, whose work appears on all What Books covers. The prize alternates between poetry and prose and is awarded annually for a first book by a California writer. The winner will receive $500, Gronk art on their cover, and 50 copies of the published book. The 2025 competition invites works of prose between 30,000 and 50,000 words. All forms of narrative prose are welcome: Fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir; experimental, speculative, hybrid; and more. We are always drawn to writing that’s as interested in language as we are. Surprise us! Submissions will open on March 1 and close on May 31, 2025. Details can be found on Submittable.

IRIDESCENCE AWARDS 2025. BIPOC authors wanted 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/iridescence-award. 

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 EXTENDED: April 30, 2025. Find out more at: https://memoirmag.com/literature/the-memoir-prize-for-books/.

MURIEL CRAFT BAILEY POETRY CONTEST April 1–July 15: $1,350 in prizes. Judge: Carolyne Wright. Anonymous judging. **NEW GUIDELINES!** No previously published or AI-assisted poems. Complete rules: www.comstockreview.org/poetry-contest or Submittable: www.comstockreview.submittable.com/submit ($25 + fee for up to 5 poems) or USPS (check for $5 per poem): The Comstock Review, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215.

NEW AMERICAN VOICES Award. Postmark deadline: April 7. The $5,000 post-publication book prize from Fall for the Book and the IIR recognizes prose works that illuminate the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants. Recent winners include: Shahnaz Habib, Rachel Heng, and Sindya Bhanoo. Website: www.fallforthebook.org/newamericanvoices. 

NORTH STREET BOOK PRIZE. 11th year. Submit self-published and hybrid-published books. Grand prize of $10,000. Top winner in each category will win $1,000. Categories: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction & Memoir, Poetry, Children’s Picture Book, Middle Grade, Graphic Novel & Memoir, and Art Book. $22,000 in total cash prizes. Fee: $85 per book. Submit online or by mail by July 1. Guidelines: winningwriters.com/northpw2503. 

ONEPAGEPOETRY.COM—now accepting entries for our 2025 poetry contest. In celebration of the beautiful art of poetry, as long as it fits on 1 page. Entry fee: $25. Prizes include $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second, $500 for third, and inclusion of the top 100 poems in our yearly anthology. Website: www.onepagepoetry.com. 

THE ORCHARD STREET PRESS announces its eighth annual Poetry Contest: $700 first prize, $500 second, $300 third. Prize-winning and other submitted poems will appear in Quiet Diamonds, our annual poetry journal, and select entrants will be invited to submit chapbooks for possible publication. In 2024, we published 8 chapbooks from Contest entrants. Submit up to 4 previously unpublished, original poems (typed, no single poem longer than 2 pages), a cover letter with contact info, a SASE, and the $15 fee to: The Orchard Street Press; P.O. Box 280, Gates Mills, Ohio 44040. Entries can also be submitted via our website, orchpress.com, where entry details can also be found. Deadline: April 30. 

PANGYRUS FICTION CONTEST. All stories considered. Submissions: April 1 to April 30, 2025. Final judge: Marjan Kamali, author of The Lion Women of Tehran. Winner: $1,000 and publication; two honorable mentions: $250 each. Word limit: 7,000 words. Entry fee: $20. More info on website: www.pangyrus.com. 

RIVER HERON REVIEW loves to read your poetry submissions. Two open calls, March 1 through May 31: Issue 8.2, our biannual publication and our Poetry Prize with $500 award, publication, Zoom reading, and social media coverage. We also offer a variety of creative writing workshops with small groups, experienced facilitators. Info at www.riverheronreview.com. 

SALLY ALBISO Poetry Book Award­­— $2,500 and publication for the winning 56- to 68-page poetry manuscript authored by a poet living in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, or Alaska). Entries via Submittable. Fee: $10. Deadline: May 31. Judge: Bethany Reid. This award honors the memory of MoonPath Press poet Sally Albiso, who passed away in 2019. All entrants receive Sally Albiso’s collection Light Entering My Bones. More details at moonpathpress.com or Submittable.com.

SWAN SCYTHE PRESS announces its 2025 poetry chapbook contest. Entry fee: $18. We are accepting submissions from March 1 to June 15 (postmark deadline). Winner receives $200 and 25 perfect-bound chapbooks. The 2024 winner is Aida Zilelian for Dissonance. For full guidelines, visit www.swanscythepress.com and swanscythepress.submittable.com/submit. 

TOM HOWARD/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest. 33rd year. Prize for best short story: $3,500. Prize for best essay: $3,500. Total prizes: $12,000. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Fee: $25. Limit: 6,000 words. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Mina Manchester. Submit by May 1. Enter at winningwriters.com/storypw2503. 

WERGLE FLOMP Humor Poetry Contest. No fee. 24th year. Top prize: $2,000. Total prizes: $3,750. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Submit 1 humor poem by April 1. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Enter at winningwriters.com/werglepw2503. 

WRITERS OVER 50. Passager Poetry Contest. Deadline: April 15. Reading fee: $20, includes 1-year subscription. $1,000 prize, interview, and publication. Honorable mentions published. Submit 5 poems, 40-line max each, cover letter, bio, SASE/e-mail for results. Snail mail or Submittable. No previously published work. Passager, 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208. Website: www.passagerbooks.com. 

READ POETRY, fiction, and nonfiction by our incarcerated writers! Website: eveningstreetpress.com/diy-prison-project. Now you can buy our books as Amazon paperbacks either on Amazon or from our website: eveningstreetpress.com. 

THE SPRING 2025 print issue of Allium, a Journal of Poetry & Prose will be available April 1. Featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, Allium may be purchased on our website at www.allium/colum.edu/purchase. Three-year subscriptions are also available.

JOIN AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS Amy Butcher and Brendan Jones for an intimate writing retreat May 29–June 2, 2025, in the picturesque seaside island town of Sitka, Alaska, to deepen your writing while exploring a culturally rich community set against one of the world’s last remaining pristine temperate rainforests. This all-inclusive retreat features intensive fiction and nonfiction workshops aimed at generating new content and conceptualizing larger works through master classes, craft talks, readings, and exercises. Learn more at www.amyebutcher.com/sitkawritersretreat.

ORANBEGA RETREAT CENTER welcomes writers in all genres to our beautiful coastal Maine riverbank for a productive and restorative working holiday. You write, we feed your body and soul. Craft your own retreat with the help of an experienced retreat director; manuscript feedback available. Reasonable rates. Contact: www.oranbegacenter.com or jreece@oranbegacenter.com.

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. 

PORTUGAL WRITER’S RETREAT. Women Reading Aloud will host its 31st writing retreat May 12–19, 2025, on the stunning island of Madeira. Enjoy private luxury accommodations tucked between the ocean and the mountains. Write daily in workshops open to all genres. Indoor/outdoor pool plus private beach. Limited to 16 writers. Visit the capital city of Funchal and leave the details to us. We emphasize connection and community. Visit: 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@dorlandmountainarts.org; website: www.dorlandmountainarts.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. 

THE SALTONSTALL FOUNDATION in Ithaca, NY, offers residencies to New York State artists and writers with dedicated residencies specifically for artist/writer parents. Our facilities are accessible for artists and writers with disabilities. Free to attend, no cost to apply. We provide private 1-bedroom suites, private baths, chef-prepared dinners, 200 acres of trails, and a need-based stipend. Application deadline will be January 4 for all 2026 residencies. Low-cost retreat space is available through the winter and spring with no jurying or application necessary. Visit: saltonstall.org. 

THE WILLA CATHER RESIDENCY provides emergent writers a chance to live and work in Cather's childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska. Our 2-week residency, October 5–19, offers time and space to create in a small, rural environment. Residents are provided a stipend for provisions and a private room in the historic Cather Second Home. Applications open April 1 and close May 1. Visit www.willacather.org/residency.

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, for details visit writeondoorcounty.org.

45 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE in NYC publishing and as founder/director of Paris Press, publisher of Woolf, Rukeyser, Dickinson, Stone. This astute, compassionate editor provides manuscript consultations, development, and coaching for poets and writers. “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 (Knopf). Jan is terrific. I highly recommend her.”—Rose Styron. Website: www.janfreeman.net/editing-services. E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com. 

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) and editor with 21 years’ experience, offers developmental critiques, copy editing, and help with queries and book proposals. Specializing in memoir; also handles a 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. 

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 the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, university instructor offers literary editing to elevate your manuscript to new heights. Free consultation and fair rates. Contact Dalia Rosenfeld. E-mail: drosenfeld1026@gmail.com. Website: daliarosenfeld.weebly.com. 

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. 

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. 

DEDICATED, AFFORDABLE EDITOR with professional experience, Eva Pappas offers editorial services and feedback for fiction and nonfiction: Meticulous line edits, comprehensive developmental edits. Unburden and uplift your writing; tighten pace, intensify impact, narrow thematic focus. Specializes in narrative-driven novels and essays; welcomes all. “I have worked with editors from large and small presses, trade and academic and from my experience, Eva stands with the very best of them. Simply exceptional!”—Domnica Radulescu, best-selling author. E-mail: info@eva-edits.com. Website: eva-edits.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 COACHING to reinvigorate both the work and the writer—and to spark new creative output. Developmental edits for full-length or chapbook manuscripts, one-on-one mentoring for poets of all skill levels, realistic advice and encouragement for writers seeking publication, free initial consultations. Contact: Ceridwen Hall, MFA, PhD. Website: www.ceridwenhall.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 to ghostwriting, brainstorming to final draft, I’m here for what you need. MFA, PhD in CW. Initial consultations are free. Website: adamprinceauthor.com. 

SPECIAL OFFER FOR P&W writers: Author of The Memoir and the Memoirist will review up to 100 pages of your memoir, autobiography, essay collection, or nonfiction book. I write an overview and 2–3 pages of craft notes; we have a 1-hour phone call for $495. Info: www.thomaslarson.com. 

TAP INTO the Sixteen Superpowers of Memoir Writers with Story Catalyst classes, book coaching, and developmental editing for memoir and fiction writers from the author of Boundless, Carolyn Dawn Flynn. Book a time now. Websites: www.carolynflynn.com; https://calendly.com/carolyn-777. Subscribe to my Substack for more: carolynflynn.substack.com/p/the-sixteen-superpowers-of-memoir.

THE 13TH MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat, April 25–May 1. Enjoy the restorative beauty of springtime in the Berkshires, writing dozens of drafts in museum galleries of MASS MoCA and the Clark Art Institute. Experiment with new forms of expression and metaphor as art opens your memories, emotions, and imagination. Private studio; housing in MASS MoCA’s apartments. Emerging and experienced poets welcome. Website: www.janfreeman.net/workshops-readings; e-mail: janfreemanpoetry@gmail.com. 

FOR 55 SUMMERS, the Community of Writers has held week-long summer writing workshops in the California 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. 

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. 

HUMBER SCHOOL FOR WRITERS Summer Workshop. Build your writing community and toolkit through workshops and expert feedback from writers and publishing professionals. Tuition: $1,200 CAD. Join us at our scenic Toronto Lakeshore Campus this July. Workshop participants are eligible for discounted tuition for our online graduate certificate program. Web: humberwritersworkshop.ca. 

INTO THE SPRINGS Writers Workshop, August 1–3. Pitches. Queries. Craft. Spend a weekend in shared interactive sessions with Storm Literary Agency owner and agent Victoria Selvaggio and multi-published romance author Juliette Hyland. Mills Park Hotel in the unique village of Yellow Springs, OH. Registration closes July 25. Website: www.intothespringswritersworkshop.com. 

KROUNA WRITING WORKSHOP with Galiot Press: Write and learn in a UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Greece. Small-group workshopping, craft talks, writing time, guided opportunities to explore the area. July 12–18. For novel and memoir. Instructors: Henriette Lazaridis, Anjali Mitter Duva, and Catherine Elcik. Website: www.galiotpress.com/learn for more.

LIVE FREE AND WRITE. August 10-15, 2025. Writing retreat in Sunapee, NH. Spend an inspiring week working on your poetry or prose. Enjoy the refreshing New England summer with plentiful writing time, encouraging workshops, homemade meals, and time to relax. Scholarships available. Register early and save: www.stockton.edu/murphywriting. 

REFINE YOUR CRAFT at the Tennants Cove Writers Workshop, set on a scenic farm in New Brunswick, Canada, near the Maine border. Perfect for starting fresh or polishing your manuscript, this inspiring retreat runs July 20–25, 2025. Join a vibrant writing community in an idyllic setting. Details at tennantscovewriters.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 to deepen your craft, sharpen your publishing acumen, and ignite your imagination. In July, our summer camp for emerging writers returns! Writing Co-Lab is cooperatively run by artists committed to the joyous power of the written word. Learn more at www.writingco-lab.com/.