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#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #AnnaCalvi #MorningLight Day 26 - Relating to morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtY2...

🩸 Emerging horror writers, we want your work! Killer Shorts Season 8, proudly sponsored by @Shudder, is open for shorts, features, 1-page scripts & short stories. Industry jury, industry circulation & more. 🎃 Deadline: Oct 31. Enter: killershorts.com #Screenwriting

your weekly dose of hand-picked open calls just arrived.

It might be freshly fall, but we're already looking ahead to the next season and our Winter 2026 Issue. Now is the time to send us your (polished) weird stories. Submissions are open, now until November 5. Full guidelines and submission form here: www.weirdlitmag.com/...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #TheTrashmen #SurfinBird Day 5 - A Song That Makes You Laugh www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGeI...

Your attention has been hijacked for this important news announcement 💥🚙🐦 The Apex Magazine flash fiction contest theme for October is HIJACK! You have until the end of the month to submit. Guidelines and submission portal below ⬇️ www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

Submissions for the next issue will close on October 13th. 🍁

October 7, 1985

🎬 HORROR WRITERS WANTED! 🎬 Got a horror script sitting on your hard drive? Send it to us. Killer Shorts is officially open for horror short screenplays, feature screenplays, and short stories. Top finalists have their work read by our industry jury. Submit at our site: killershorts.com

The Orionids meteor shower begins tonight. Around midnight UK. A good time, perhaps, to be inspired to send a last minute entry to our 34th Award. Deadline for flash entries up to 300 words, Sunday Oct 4th £1000 first prize. Results out fast bathflashfictionawardawatd.com/enter

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico #AllTomorrowsParties First heard this when reading the #WilliamGibson book - with the same title - in the late 90s. Day 30- A Song That Represents Your Dreamy Future Self www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK1g...

Submit to our anthology! We're looking for short stories and poems right now. Link here to submit and for details: www.driftwoodpress.com/submit1

What? Is it this time already? The deadline for the latest £1400 prize fund BFFA is coming round again Closes Sun 4th Oct. Just under TWO weeks. For up to 300 word micros. All 50 longlisted writers are offered publication in our 2026 anthology. Results end Oct. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #PattiSmith #FreeMoney Day 16 - A Song For Winning The Lottery Then Disappearing www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNrz...

The witching hour is nearly upon us! 🎃🍄🌙 our 2027 Apex Magazine Kickstarter goes LIVE October 1st with new tier rewards and exclusive merch. Be sure to sign up for launch notifications below, and help us publish even more strange, surreal short fiction in 2027! ⬇️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #AnitaWard #RingMyBell Day 10 A Song That Should Be Your Phone Ringtone www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eRB...

Manuscript and query letter consultations are now available! Does your manuscript need fresh eyes? Our experienced editors can help you kickstart a revision for short fiction and essays up to 6,000 words! Learn more here: buff.ly/MRRLWD7

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #RoxyMusic #MoreThanThis #BryanFerry Day 5 A Song With A Sudden Mood Shift those three words.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnd...

Writer friends, do it! Send something to BHP!

#IsmuasSummerBreak #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #Nirvana #HeartShapedBox A song from an album released on this day of August. On August 30, 1993 Nirvana released Heart-Shaped Box, the lead single from their last studio album, #InUtero www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0...

hi guys no time to talk, this is too urgent. i repeat: this is URGEN

calling all writers of poems & fairy tales, masters of intersectional & ecologically entwined writing, and, of course, service industry workers with a not-so-secret artsy side! these four mags are waiting for your writing this week:

We have a Premium Fiction category for short story writers to submit to (and for poets under Premium Poetry). It offers a: - One week response time - Cash if you're chosen for publication - Interview published alongside your work Feel free to check it out for yourself here: tr.ee/4q15mo

#MusicSky #MusicChallenge #IsmuasSummerBreak #FooFighters #ThisIsACall Foo Fighters network debut on Letterman, Aug 14 1995 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XED_...

This is your friendly reminder that our Fall 2026 Issue reading window closes at 11:59 Pacific Time on Friday, August 15! If you've been waiting for a sign to submit your work (and haven't yet), this is it. See full guidelines at weirdlitmag.com/submit (link in bio). #readweirdlit #shortfiction

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #ChubbyChecker #TheTwist Day 8: Dancing www.youtube.com/watch?v=im9X...

stay hungry, stay foolish, stay published (and paid!).

What would @shudder.com want to watch next? Maybe yours. 3 days left. Submit your horror short screenplays, feature scripts or short stories at killershorts.com and all contest submission platforms by 08.07.26 MIDNIGHT PST.🩸#scriptsky

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #Basia #TimeAndTide Day 30 A Song That Feels Like A Warm Hug From The Universe www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMCN...

July 29, 1967

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #ZZTop Day 26 A Song That Feels Chaotic But Controlled www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUDc...

IYKYK… and if you don't, this is your chance.

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #JimiHendrix #MonteryPop #WildThing Day 21: song with a powerful live performance www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7t...

in memoriam: Hunter S. Thompson (Jul 18, 1937–Feb 20, 2005) #WritingCommunity #WritingAndBooks #HunterThompson "One day you just don't appear at the El Adobe bar anymore; you shut the door, paint the windows black, rent an electric typewriter and become the monster you always were - the writer."

Today is the day, friends: there's a new moon in the sky and it's high time to submit your (polished) weird fiction with us. Our submission window is from now until August 15 and we're so excited to read what you've got. Full guidelines and submission form at weirdlitmag.com/submit

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #FrankSinatra #FlyMeToTheMoon Day 13 - A Song for Exploring an Alien Planet www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2rD...

Use the link in our bio to submit your poems and get a response in ONE WEEK! Those selected get published in our annual anthology. #callforsubmissions

Stepping into your horror era like... 🔮🚶‍♂️ There are only 30 days until the Killer Shorts Earlybird Deadline. Submissions are open across all platforms for shorts, features, and stories. Secure the bag before the clock runs out: killershorts.com #scriptsky #writersky #horrorsky

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #RoyOrbison #IDroveAllNight Day 7- A Song For When You Are Running Late www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5N9...

We've already reached half our submission cap for fiction! Get your submission in now before spots fill. buff.ly/X99LDED

JULY Poetry Prompt Challenge! see rules post here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRavensQuothPress   (the image is the prompt) #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #darkpoetry #poetryprompt #patreonpoetry #booksky 🌎📚💙

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #PeggyLee #IsThatAllThereIs Day 30- The Perfect Song To End A Playlist www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRZ...

The biggest, fairest, friendliest, poetry contest around is offering $25,000 in total prizes to the best individual poems we receive this summer—but the deadline is only a month away! Find past winners and guidelines here: rattle.com/page/poetryp...

#MusicChallenge #EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #NickDrake #RiverMan Day 22: A song about a river or creek www.youtube.com/watch?v=idca...

Submit to them here! www.chillsubs.com/lists/pride-... #litmags #writing

DEADLINE JULY 15TH: Diamond Forde will be judging our Poetry Chapbook Contest and Beth Nguyen will be judging our Short Story contest. Link in bio to submit TODAY! #writingcontest

#MusicSky #MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #JohnnyNash #ICanSeeClearlyNow Day 14- A Song That Feels Like A Fresh Start www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0cA...