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New publisher listing for: Guava Penworks (Fiction; Fantasy, Horror, SF; pays). #WritingCommunity

Hopper’s recurring motif of isolation in public space started in Paris cafés. Woman at Café Table (1907) rehearses the solitude that would influence later works like Automat and New York Movie. The central figure dominates the scene alone, seemingly detached from her environment.

‘Writing and magic are practically the same thing.’ - Alan Moore writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

Watch the Book Celebration interview with Claudia and request a signed copy from Claudia. DM us here, and we'll tell you how to do that!👍 bsky.app/profile/heyf...

Want to treat yourself to a workshop for under 10 dollars? All thirty-four of my popular 3-in-90 workshop recordings are now available for purchase! Expect to come away with three fresh flash drafts! Every purchase includes lifetime access in your account. www.artofflashfiction.com/videos

New story up on paragraphplanet.com

We're open for #submissions of contemporary #shortstories and #flashfiction #callforsubmissions #submissionsopen. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking forward to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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THE NEXT WRITE-IN IS TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 20th @ 8pm ET (60min) 👍 @smokelong.bsky.social If you haven't signed up for this free series of webinars, write-ins, and open mics, jump in! smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/write-...

PSAs: We are now reading general submissions for the March issue. We are also reading for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest until Nov 15 and The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship applications until Dec 15. Our next free-submissions window opens Nov 16.

"A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him." Edna St. Vincent Millay, who died on this day in 1950

"I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people." John le Carre, born on this day in 1931

Long drives have inspired me to create over the years. With Silver Canyon Review, my literary journal, I hope to see the stories from the missed turns and the backroads. Submissions are open now. silvercanyonreview.com

'Autumn Tapestries' by contemporary US painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt

Online salon this week! 20 October Join us and hear from some brilliant writers. FREE!

Page and Possibility Online Writing workshop Fill that blank page by gentle writing activities to stimulate imagination. Come away feeling creatively empowered and wanting to write even more! Sunday 15 November, 2–4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Science Fiction Flash Fiction feat. @radonjournal.bsky.social @bulletpoints.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social @incensepunk.com et al. https://duotrope.com...

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Submit your short stories, creative nonfiction essays, flash stories, and poems created in English as your second language or your artwork for a chance to be published in our Spring '27 issue! 🖊️ All subjects/contents welcome. Read the FULL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES at tintjournal.com/submit.

Photography by Félix Thiollier Lady and her horse on a snowy day, 1899.

New publisher listing for: Wanton Books (Fiction; Fantasy, Horror, Romance; pays). #WritingCommunity

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New publisher listing for: Byline (Fiction Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity

Our landing page is live. Full website to come soon. Open submissions for short fiction as soon as we launch! We pay for all published stories. Science fiction and fantasy writers! Get your quills and keyboards ready.

It’s almost 11:30pm. The one year old is still up. We have read You Must Never Touch a Porcupine several dozen times, per her demands. Please you have to have absorbed the message by now.

"I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public wants. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you’re doing even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years." Thelonious Monk, born on this day in 1917

how it feels to try to make a new friend as an adult

Great reading here. Thanks to the authors who sent us their work, and also gratitude to Laurie Scavo, Webmaster, who designed this lovely issue. brilliantflashfiction.com/2026/09/30/s...

A very nice mention today from New Pages! www.newpages.com/blog/recomme...

Long Story Short #51 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 Cut a sentence to five of its own words. sheets.works/s/tdb9y

New publisher listing for: Mnemosyne's Playlist (Fiction Poetry Art; pays). #WritingCommunity

Has somebody been playing Liszt??

Submissions for our 2026 reading period are officially open! Check out the link in our bio to read our guidelines and find out how to submit your work today. #LitMag #GetPublished #WritingKicksGlass #Fiction #Poetry #CreativeNonfiction

“A hospital alone shows what war is.” Erich Maria Remarque

Our next sub call creeps ever closer and it's our first for horror only 🦝 We want biohazards and our sub call page has inspirational images and ideas. Unleash your dark biology...call open 27th Sept to 11th Oct and publishes on All Hallows Eve trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #submissioncalls

Yes, do please give Figment a read. It's a gem @woodardwriter.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/09/21/m...

ICYMI We're open for #submissions of contemporary #microfiction #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking forward to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

With literary journals, don’t write what you think editors want. Find the right home for the work you've written. Be confident. www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message #MotivationMonday #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #LiteraryJournals

Well, he had fun, anyway.

"If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard enough. Any challenging pursuit will encounter frequent patches of frustration. Writing is nothing if not challenging." Maxwell Perkins, born on this day in 1884

McCormack Writing Center Winter Workshop Application Ends on Tue, Sep 29, 2026 2:00 AM mccormackwritingcenter.submittable.com/submit/17761...

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