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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 2h

Deadline Dec 31: The Moth Poetry Prize
International. Submit unpublished poems. Fee: €16 per poem. No limits on length or subject.
1st PRIZE €6,000
3 RUNNER-UP @ €1,000
8 COMMENDED @ €250
Top 4 poems to be published online in the Irish Times.
https://themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=9165&page=28

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 22h

Fifteen Wonderful Canadian Literary Journals, curated by @authorspublish.com
Canadian journals accepting poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and more.
https://authorspublish.com/fifteen-wonderful-canadian-literary-journals/ #litmags

Fifteen Wonderful Canadian Literary Journals

Curated by Authors Publish

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 1d

"Basketball Sonnet with a Wish the Game Would Go On", a prose poem by Cody Smith
https://poems.com/poem/basketball-sonnet-with-a-wish-the-game-would-go-on/
via @poetrydaily.bsky.social and Texas Review Press

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 1d

Deadline Jan 14: The Colorado Prize for Poetry
Submit an unpublished manuscript of poems (48-100 pages) to win $2,500 and publication by the Center for Literary Publishing. $28 entry fee includes a one-year sub to Colorado Review.
https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-prize-for-poetry/

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 1d

Jane Friedman reports that authors may now visit Anthropic Works List Lookup to determine if their work is part of the class-action lawsuit against AI company Anthropic. This is the final and official database.
https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 2d

garden wealth
we force zucchini
on everyone

-AJ Johnson
https://tinywords.com/2025/09/25/43748/

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garden wealth we force zucchini on everyone

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 2d

"They set about wasting the land", a poem by Rosanna Warren
https://poems.com/poem/they-set-about-wasting-the-land/
via @poetrydaily.bsky.social and @wwnorton.com

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 3d

Free from @authorspublish.com: "Emily Harstone just fully updated the 2025 Guide to Manuscript Publishers..."
https://authorspublish.com/books/fall-update-the-2025-guide-to-manuscript-publishers-300-publishers-no-agent-required/ #PubTips

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 3d

"I Am Waiting", a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42869/i-am-waiting-56d22183d718a

Read by Amanda Holmes for The American Scholar
https://theamericanscholar.org/i-am-waiting-by-lawrence-ferlinghetti/

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 4d

72 Specialized Publishers Open to Manuscript Submissions, curated by @authorspublish.com
https://authorspublish.com/72-specialized-publishers-open-to-manuscript-submissions/

72 Specialized Publishers Open to Manuscript Submissions

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 4d

windfall apples
all the promises
I didn’t keep

-Mark Miller
https://tinywords.com/2025/09/26/43820/

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windfall apples all the promises I didn’t keep

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 5d

10 submission opportunities with deadlines in October or November, including The Brooklyn Review, Camas, Oxford Poetry, and more. Curated by Palette Poetry.
https://www.palettepoetry.com/2025/10/08/deadlines-october-november-2025/

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 5d

"The Month When I Watch Joker Every Day", a poem by Erica Dawson
https://poems.com/poem/The-Month-When-I-Watch-Joker-Every-Day/
via @poetrydaily.bsky.social and The Common

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 6d

Extended deadline Oct 15: Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards
Submit an unpublished essay up to 2,000 words. Fee: $30. One Grand Prize Winner will receive $2,500, publication, and other benefits. Many smaller awards.
https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/personal-essay-awards

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 6d

"Second-Generation", a poem by Ayesha Asad
https://spare.poems.com/poem/second-generation/
via @poetrydaily.bsky.social and @midamericanreview.bsky.social

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 6d

Book ads now for our October 15 newsletter. We'll announce the winners of our 33rd annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest. Ads are big, bold, $175, and we provide all the design help you need at no extra charge.
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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 7d

38 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for October 2025, curated by @authorspublish.com
Some of the call themes are Objection! Overruled!; soilpunk; haunt; no laughing matter...
https://authorspublish.com/38-themed-submission-calls-and-contests-for-october-2025/

38 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for October 2025

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 7d

Sponsored > Apply by December 5 for DISQUIET International Literary Program, Summer 2026.
Workshops in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry in Lisbon, Portugal.
Details: https://disquietinternational.org/apply-now/

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 8d

How to write effective elevator pitches in a variety of writing genres: 60 examples
https://www.writersdigest.com/getting-published/examples-of-book-hooks-elevator-pitches via @writersdigest.bsky.social #PubTips

60 Examples of Hooks for Books

This post collects 60 examples of hooks for books. Also called elevator pitches, these book hooks show real-life examples in a variety of writing genres for fiction and nonfiction books.

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 8d

Deadline Feb 26: Next Generation Short Story Awards
Submit unpublished stories up to 5,000 words in 30+ categories. 1st Place is $500 and trophy. Winners published in anthology. Fee: $25 for 1st category, $20 for each additional category.
https://shortstoryawards.com/

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 9d

Any Coloradan with a cell phone will soon be able to access banned books for free
https://lithub.com/any-coloradan-with-a-cell-phone-will-soon-be-able-to-access-banned-books-for-free/
via @literaryhub.bsky.social
#BannedBooksWeek

Any Coloradan with a cell phone will soon be able to access banned books for free.

This #BannedBookWeek, we have a lot to lament. Though some book bans have been stalled or swatted down in the courts, stealthy removal campaigns continue. At home and abroad. But as Haylee May of C…

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 9d

Deadline Nov 15: Perugia Press Prize
Women (inclusive of gender-expansive identities) who have no more than one previously published full-length book may submit an unpublished poetry manuscript (45-85 pages suggested) to win $2,000 & pub. Standard fee: $30.
https://perugiapress.org/contest/

Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 10d

Deadline Mar 1: The Hazel Rowley Prize will award $5,000 and agent review to a first-time biographer. Submit proposal, writing sample, and resume. Fee: $25.
#aboutze/#about" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://biographersinternational.org/award/hazel-rowley-prize/#about
via @biographersintl.bsky.social

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 11d

Some features in a story make me want to share it with everyone. Others make me stop reading or leave me disappointed or confused.
https://authorspublish.com/craft-lessons-from-reading-hundreds-of-short-stories/ via @authorspublish.com #WriteTips

Craft Lessons from Reading Hundreds of Short Stories

From Authors Publish

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 11d

An excerpt from "Cruel Loss of Sons" by Egill Skallagrímsson
Translated from the Old Norse by Emily Osborne
https://poems.com/poem/from-cruel-loss-of-sons/
via @poetrydaily.bsky.social and @parisreview.bsky.social