Portraying Time and Space – (part 2) guest blog post series by Kimberly Burnham, PhD

Poets portray time--the past, the future, the passage of time, this moment now, and changes over a lifetime. Moments may be in front of us or behind us. Fictional poems can be set in the future or in a world where altitude or colors influences the passage of […]

7 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Oct. 15 - Nov. 1, 2017

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines in October 2017. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]

2 FREE Contests, $10-$200 cash prizes – Wax Poetry & Art, DEADLINE: Oct. 15, 2017

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Wax Poetry and Art! They are running 2 FREE contests with extended deadlines of October 15, 2017. Both are open to all poets, one contest has no theme and one has the theme of socially engaged. “Wax Poetry […]

2 FREE Contests, $10-$200 cash prizes – Wax Poetry & Art, DEADLINE: Oct. 15, 2017

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Wax Poetry and Art! They are running 2 FREE contests with extended deadlines of October 15, 2017. Both are open to all poets, one contest has no theme and one has the theme of socially engaged. “Wax Poetry […]

Read your poetry live to a world-wide audience: Every Friday at 10 pm EST

Every Friday night at 10pm EST / 7pm PST tune in online to hear poetry or read your own. This show is in it’s fifith year and you can check out archive shows to see if it’s the poetry forum you’re looking for. (It appears they play music […]

Got Poet’s Block? Check out these writing exercises from Albany Poetry Workshop . . .

Albany Poetry Workshop’s online classroom provides “five exercises that we hope will inspire, cajole, and tease you into writing new work.” The exercises themes include: The Five Senses Organic Metaphor Organic Simile Personification Integrated Poem If these five exercises aren’t enough, check out their other sessions, including a Seven-Session […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Winter Tangerine, DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2017

Winter Tangerine is a literary and arts magazine in print and online. They “aim to disrupt the status quo. To amplify the unheard. To account for the unaccounted. To publish the unconventional, confront the uncomfortable, marvel in the mundane.” They’re also currently accepting submissions for their Lineage of […]

Juggling Action Verbs For Health – guest blog post series by Kimberly Burnham, PhD

The type of verbs selected for a poem, essay, play, or friendly conversation impacts us--mind and body. The brain processes language--what we hear, read, and write but more and more research indicates that the body also pushes into our ability to recognize and use language. Often verbs generate […]

35 Writing Contests – No entry fees! DEADLINES: Oct. 1 – 31, 2017

Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity is the blog and writing resource site by writer Erica Verrillo. Her site is loaded with great articles for writers and the writing life, including listings of publishers, agents, where to get reviews, submission calls, free contests, writing conferences and more. […]

Looking for a small press to submit your poetry collection or manuscript?

Our friends at Entropy have been interviewing small presses and adding them to their Small Press Database which now has over 115 listed! They ask the “editors about their origins, their mission, and what it's like to run a press. Also find press details, links to websites, and submission […]

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