The César Egido Serrano Foundation is currently hosting a flash-fiction writing contest with a huge prize: $20,000 to the winner, plus three runners’ up prizes of $2,000. The stories must be 100 words or fewer. The contest is being held in four languages: Spanish, English, Arabic, and Hebrew. Contestants can enter a story in any…

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest roundup of calls for pitches directly from editors and publishers. You’ll note that we’ve researched payment rates, and found contact information for all of these listings. Please do not contact these publishers unless you’re confident that you can send a high quality pitch. If you’re not sure how to do…

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest roundup of traditional jobs for writers. Included is a variety of editing jobs, staff writing jobs, and marketing/copywriting jobs. Companies in this list include CNN, Uber, McKinsey, and The New York Post. — Jacob Jans Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list. The Seattle Times is a news organization…

There are 25 themed calls for non-fiction submissions in the 17 markets listed here. Some themes are: wild; parenting and food; space (and food); climate change; hard science stories; retirement myth-busting; Africa; Halloween; fall fun; back to school; Tolkien (Not the Fellowship. Dragons welcome); and enjoying life. A few specify deadlines, but most do not,…

Dear Writers, Despite the devastation of COVID, the travel industry is still around, and there are still opportunities for travel writers to publish — and get paid. Keep in mind that there may be fewer opportunities, right now, but I do know of some travel writers who are still fully booked, so it is still…

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest calls for pitches directly from editors and publishers. We’ve included payment rates for all of these publications and found editorial contact information, to make it easier for you to connect with the right publisher. Keep in mind, you’ll still need to write a good pitch before getting published by these…

Chicken Soup for the Soul is currently seeking submissions for nine upcoming books. They’ve recently updated the deadlines for submissions, with the soonest deadline being June 15th, 2021. If you’re working on an essay for one of their upcoming books, please be sure to double-check the deadlines, as they sometimes change. According to their website:…