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Open Calls
Five Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in June 2025
Ghost Light Lit: Now Seeking Submissions
Mistletoe and Vine Fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror (no scifi) between 100-500 words
Mythaxis July 2025 Submission Period Diverse sci-fi and fantasy fiction.
Last Girls Club Fall Issue Theme: Monkey’s Paw/Answered Prayers
Sapphic Horror Anthology due in two weeks but some of you might have one waiting in the wings (i'm out)
Cosmic Horror Monthly July 2025 Window Weird and cosmic fiction
Solar Punk Magazine July 2025 Window
35 Publishers that Accept Direct Submissions of Speculative Fiction
Star Crossed a shared universe project
You can always check out the Submission Grinder
From around the web
here.How to Identify and Fight the Demon of Perfectionism
Own the Title of Writer (Don’t Add “Aspiring”)
5 Myths of Writing and Publishing Success
How To Make Your Main Character Likeable Even if They’re Not Always a Good Person by Laurel Osterkamp
Be Brave Under Threat: Wise Words from Margaret Atwood
Why You Can’t Write Fear Without Feeling It First.
A Guide to Book Typesetting Services
10 Important Parts of a Book for First-Time Authors
From Betty
Choosing Music and Instruments for Your Culture
Five Common Problems With Metaphors
Think more about whether you like a prospective agent than whether the agent will like you
Successful Queries: Henry Dunow and “The Fire Concerto,” by Sarah Landenwich
Ingredients for brilliance
Continuing a Series: Enticing Readers to Return
Millennial Slang for Writers
When the Second Draft Feels Like a Step Back
Chekhov’s Gun: Does Your Story Have A Forgotten “Gun”?
How to Color Your Map Using SCIENCE!
Use These Foundational Truths to Encourage Other Writers and Ourselves
Necessary Items that Make the Novel You're Writing Work
Three Reasons Every Writer Should Work with a Writing Coach