Happy Monday.
The roadways are already filling—cars angled toward campgrounds, long weekends, the first real stretch of summer. As Memorial Day approaches, we’ll pause with you; next week’s newsletter will arrive on Tuesday.
For now, settle in with more than 140 submission opportunities, new literary releases, and reading recommendations—small sparks, ready to travel.
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Valley Voices Spring 2026 issue opens with a conversation with Tobi Alfier and Jeffrey Alfier, continues with a photo essay on "Transience" by Claudia Brefeld, as well as lots of new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. See link in bio to our Magazine Stand to find this and more great issues of literary and alternative magazines!
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The Greensboro Review Spring 2026 (no. 119) showcases the Robert Watson Literary Prize winners in fiction and poetry as well as a full issue of new stories and poems. See link in bio to our Magazine Stand to find this and more great issues of literary and alternative magazines!
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Deadline May 18! New Letters awards $2,000 + publication in fiction, essay, and poetry. Up to 6 poems or 8,000 words for prose. All entries considered for publication. Multiple entries welcome. $24 fee.
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Press 53 Award for Poetry is open! Winner receives $1,000, publication, and 53 copies. Judge: Tom Lombardo. Unpublished manuscripts only. Deadline to enter is July 31. $30 reading fee.
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The MacGuffin's Poet Hunt 31 is judged by Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer. $500 + publication for the grand prize winner. Up to 5 poems, $15 fee. Deadline June 15.
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Submit your poetry chapbook to The Tusculum Review Prize!
✍️ Win $1,500, publication, and a live launch. Deadline June 15. $20 fee. Judge: Nate Marshall
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West Coast poets: submit your 60–100-page manuscript to the Catamaran Poetry Prize! $45 fee.
📖 Win $1,000, publication, and more. Deadline July 1.
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Submit your novel-in-verse to the Changing Light Contest from Livingston Press—no entry fee and deadline May 31!
✍️ Share your full manuscript for a chance at $500 & book publication.
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Take your book from idea to finished manuscript with Birds & Muses
✍️ Work with acclaimed author Kate Moses and join writers whose work has earned major awards and publication.
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Submit your poetry to Nine Mile Literary Magazine by August 31!
📖 A home for powerful, inclusive work—plus the Propel initiative spotlighting poets with disabilities.
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Join the 10th Annual Taos Writers Conference, July 24–26 in Taos, NM! ✍️ Over 20 workshops across genres plus keynote Alexandra Fuller and incredible faculty. Don’t miss this inspiring summer event.
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