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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 3h

Omnidawn’s Fabulist Fiction Contest is back!

Prize: $1000 + book publication.

Send your weird, wonderful literary fiction by November 16.

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Announcing Omnidawn's Fabulist Fiction Contest

Omnidawn is pleased to announce their Fabulist Fiction Contest has returned in 2025! Open to book-length manuscripts through November 16.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 4h

Submit your boldest poetry manuscript by November 30!
The Wishing Jewel Prize from Green Linden Press offers $1000 + publication for innovative work. $25 fee.

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Call for Manuscripts: The Wishing Jewel Prize for Poetic Innovation

Submit innovative poetry manuscripts for the Wishing Jewel Prize. $1000 award + publication. Deadline: November 30. Open reading period.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5h

Submit to Superpresent by December 1!

Theme: Echoes

Poetry, stories, essays, art, audio & video welcome.

No reading fee!

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Superpresent is Seeking Submissions on the Theme Echoes

Superpresent magazine is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, visual art, video, and audio for its upcoming issue themed “Echoes.” Deadline: December 1, 2025.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 6h

A prize of $1,000, book publication, & 50 author copies is awarded to the winner of the Vern Rutsala Book Contest from Cloudbank Books. $25 fee. Open to entries of flash fiction & poetry through October 31.

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Vern Rutsala Book Contest $1000 Prize

Submit 70–90 pages of poetry or flash fiction to the 2026 Vern Rutsala Book Contest. $1,000 prize, publication, and 50 author copies.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 7h

Get your copy of 'Where Heaven Sinks' by María Esquinca: A searing poetic journey through the US-Mexico borderlands—Esquinca’s verses confront injustice and celebrate resilience.

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New Book :: Where Heaven Sinks

'Where Heaven Sinks' is a searing poetry collection that traverses borders, exploring immigration, identity, and resilience.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 8h

This week’s writing prompt is inspired by a real road sign seen on a family trip: Needmore Road.

What does it mean to you? A journey unfinished? A mythic detour?

Explore the metaphor and share your work.

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Needmore Road: A Writing Prompt for the Unfinished Journey

Explore the metaphor and mystery of Needmore Road in this week’s writing prompt. Subscribe for weekly inspiration, lit mag updates, and submission calls.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 9h

If you are a girl or young, gender-expansive writer or artist aged 14-21, Girls Right the World is accepting poetry, prose, & visual art of any style or theme for Issue 10. No reading fee! Submit by December 31.

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Call For Submissions From Girls Worldwide

Girls Right the World invites girls and gender-expansive youth (ages 14–21) to submit poetry, prose, or art by December 31, 2025.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 10h

Deadline Alert! TOMORROW is the last day to submit your surrealist verse to the Willow Springs Surrealist Poetry Prize. $15 fee. Winner receives $1,000 & publication. Final Judge: Michael McGriff.

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Willow Springs Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize

Enter the 2025 Willow Springs Surrealist Poetry Prize for a chance to win $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs Magazine.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 11h

Palooka accepts fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography, graphic narratives, & comics year-round for publication in its journal as well as for chapbook publication. Their newest issue released last month! Check it out & consider submitting today. Fees vary.

#writers #callforsubmissions

Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography

Literary magazine and indie press Palooka accepts work for its literary magazine and chapbooks year-round.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 19h

Posit Issue 40 is now online for readers to enjoy a carefully curated new works of poetry, prose, and art. Read more at NewPages!

#litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity
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Books Received - January 26, 2012 :: The NewPages Guide to Indie & University Presses

Discover Books Received - January 26, 2012 at the NewPages.com Guide to Independent and University Presses.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 1d

Our latest newsletter detours down Needmore Road—a real sign turned into a prompt for your next story, poem, or piece of art. Plus: book reviews, new lit mags, and 100+ submission calls.

#writers #literarycommunity #writingcommunity

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 1d

About Place Journal October 2025 issue "On Freedom" upholds the mission of the Black Earth Institute to unite artists and scholars using art to advance justice, spirituality, and environmental interconnectedness.

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Magazine Stand :: About Place Journal - October 2025

Online lit mag About Place Journal “On Freedom” explores art’s power to define, question, and embody liberation today.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 2d

Kevin Brown reviews 'Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy' by Quinn Slobodian, who examines free marketeers' ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy.

#bookreviews #booknews #nonfiction #readingcommunity
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Book Review :: Crack-Up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodian

Slobodian exposes global economic zones prioritizing capitalism over democracy, revealing alarming insights into power, profit, and freedom.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 3d

Eleanor J. Bader reviews 'Solidarity With Children: An Essay Against Adult Supremacy' by Madeline Lane-McKinley, with ""its overarching argument — that adults and children must be allies and collaborators in remaking the world."

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Book Review :: Solidarity With Children: An Essay Against Adult Supremacy by Madeline Lane-McKinley

'Solidarity with Children' urges adult-child collaboration to address systemic injustices for societal transformation.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 4d

Prompt of the week: What I Thought It Meant.

Write from a misunderstanding—humorous or revealing. Misheard words, misread signs, mistaken meanings.

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Where to Submit Roundup: October 10, 2025

Stop by the NewPages weekly roundup to discover 119 submission opportunities and a prompt to spark your imagination.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 4d

📣 Ready to submit your work?
Our weekly roundup is live! Find writing contests, literary magazine deadlines, and year-round calls for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and more. Don’t miss your chance—scroll through and start submitting today.

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SubmissionOpportunities

Where to Submit Roundup: October 10, 2025

Stop by the NewPages weekly roundup to discover 119 submission opportunities and a prompt to spark your imagination.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 4d

The Lake October 2025 is now available online for readers to enjoy new poetry from emerging and established writers as well as reviews of recent books and sample poems from new collections.

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Magazine Stand :: The Lake - October 2025

The Lake publishes all forms of poetry by new and established poets, highlighting the best contemporary poetry and reviewing new collections.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Submit to the 2026 Vern Rutsala Book Contest! $1,000 prize, publication, & 50 books. Poetry & flash welcome. Deadline: Oct 31. $25 fee.

#writers #writingcontest

Vern Rutsala Book Contest $1000 Prize

Submit 70–90 pages of poetry or flash fiction to the 2026 Vern Rutsala Book Contest. $1,000 prize, publication, and 50 author copies.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Global City Review seeks work for Issue 26: Impermanence of Home. Submit pieces on sanctuary lost, reshaped, or imagined. Deadline approaching! No reading fee.

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Impermanence of Home

Submit fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrid, or visual art to Global City Review’s 26th issue, Impermanence of Home. Explore themes of displacement, sanctuary, and transformation. Deadline: October 16, 2025.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrate indie excellence! Enter the 2026 NIEA for media & industry recognition. Open to indie books, self-published books, & university published books. Deadline: March 31. There is a fee.

#writers #bookawards

Submit your book to the 2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards and get recognized for excellence and distinction in self and independent publishing.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Submit your short story collection to the 2026 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction! $1,000 prize, publication, & more. Deadline: Dec 31. Enter via Submittable.

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2026 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction

Enter the 2026 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction—open to short story collections. Winner receives publication and $1,000.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 5d

Jami Macarty reviews 'ENTWINE' by Mary Newell, "An 'anthropocentric lament,' advocating for living deliberately and attentively within one’s environment."

#bookreviews #booknews #poetry #readingcommunity
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Book Review :: ENTWINE by Mary Newell

Mary Newell’s ENTWINE weaves lyricism and ecology, celebrating interconnected life, attentive dwelling, and spiritual kinship with nature.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 6d

Stretch your creativity by thinking small! The Headlight Review seeks stories & prose poems under 400 words for its upcoming Mighty Micros edition. They loved to be surprised. $5 fee. Deadline: October 31.

#writers #litmag #callforsubmissions

The Headlight Review Loves Micro Prose/Poems

The Headlight Review wants to read your micro prose and poems for its issue "Mighty Micros." Submissions open through October 31.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 6d

The Early Bird Special for the Next Generation Short Story Awards ends Oct 31. Enjoy discounted entry. 30+ category winners, over $3k in cash prizes. Open to all authors globally. Enter short stories & poems of 5k words or less.

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Early Bird Special: 2026 Next Generation Short Story Awards

For the month of October, the Next Generation Short Story Awards is offering an early bird special for poems and short stories.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 6d

Don't forget that Ploughshare's reading period is open through November 15! There is a small reading. Catch up on recent issues & send them your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and longform prose.

#litmag #callforsubmissions #writers @pshares.bsky.social

Submit to Ploughshares' Regular Reading Period!

Submit to Ploughshares' regular reading period by November 15. Housed at Emerson College, Ploughshares seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and longform prose.

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