"My work life was fun — something I hadn’t had much time for with the pressures of graduate school. The drugs, the liquor, the famous clients with their heavy credit cards. It made me forget what it was that I was really selling." —Clea Bierman humanparts.medium.com/bottle-girl-my…

Writers, we’re looking for YOU! Bring us your short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, literary nonfiction, and excerpts–whatever brings you joy! Click here for the contest details: narrativemagazine.com/fall-2024-stor…

DRINKS WRITERS! Assigning a lot of these in the coming months. Get at me with your hot takes and personal essays about whiskey. $250 flat rate for 600-800 words. Will prioritize snappy headlines and unique opinions. Email address in my bio.

We are receiving some submissions now (open until October 31!) on the theme of ACTION, but interestingly, very few in the personal essay / memoir / CNF area. We'd love to have some more of those.

We'd love to read more emotionally charged poetry & prose! P.S. We'll respond in 25 days or less even if you request feedback 😉 Submit: buff.ly/3OYTRme

Deadline Nov 26: Narrative Magazine Fall 2024 Story Contest; submit unpublished fiction and nonfiction up to 15,000 words to win $2,500; $27 entry fee includes three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage narrativemagazine.com/fall-2024-stor…

Humbled and proud to have received an honorable mention in the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest and to be among such amazing company.

“I worked as a bottle service waitress in Manhattan’s most elite hip hop club, and lost hours blurry memories had increasingly become the norm.” Proud to earn an honorable mention in WinningWriters.com recent contest for my #nonfiction piece “Bottle Girl”: winningwriters.com/past-winning-e…

Learn more about me and my writing resume on the WinningWriters.com website! winningwriters.com/people/clea-bi… #writerscommunity #WritingCommmunity #amquerying #memoir #nonfiction #fiction

Send us your poems, stories, and essays that center around deception: false pretenses, fraud, sleight-of-hand tricks, the Big Lie, poker faces, academic dishonesty, any type of monkey business. ironhorsereview.com/gates-open #submit #poetry #nonfiction #nonfiction

Deadline Dec 1: Fractured Lit Micro Prize; submit unpublished stories up to 400 words each to win $2,500 and publication; fee: $20 for 1-3 stories; guest judge: Deb Olin Unferth fracturedlit.com/fractured-lit-… with JUAN DORAME HT Literistic

WE LOVE TO SEE IT. Where to submit you're writing this week! More subcalls & details here: bit.ly/m/ChillSubs #WritingCommunity

"Bottle Girl", an essay by Clea Bierman, Honorable Mention in our 2024 Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest winningwriters.com/past-winning-e… #cnf

South Dakota Review is reopening our Submittable queue for submissions beginning November 1, 2024 through April 15, 2025. We'll be reading for Volume 60, Nos. 1-4, and we're excited to read your work! Complete guidelines at the link below: southdakotareview.submittable.com/submit

‼️Call for Submissions ‼️ ~ Poetry, Flash Fiction/Nonfiction, Photography, Visual Art ~ We are also looking for SHORT STORIES this submission period. More information can be found on our website under the Submissions Guidelines tab.

We can't wait to read your work! variantlit.com/submit

Before I close to submissions in November, I want to see more horror in my inbox. It can be as scary (or as tame) as you like, for YA, NA, or Adult! #mswl #WritingCommunity

October is a TIP JAR month!! ✨ Please note that TIP JAR submissions do not guarantee publication or that pieces will be read more quickly, but they do help us pay our contributors and fees ✨ For this, we thank you for the tips ❤️

We publish voices that refuse to be silenced. Send us your resistance in words. Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme