$1,800 Short Story Contest from Sapiens Plurum

May 17, 2022

Sapiens Plurum is now hosting their annual Short Fiction Contest. This year’s theme is “Inventing Beautiful Futures.” This year, submissions are open until June 1st, 2022. The grand prize is $1,000. It is open to writers from around the world, aged 18 or older. According to the contest page: Write a story that uses technology…

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30 Themed Calls for Submissions to Magazines and Websites

May 13, 2022

There are 30 nonfiction themes in the 21 markets listed here. Some of the themes are: codebreakers; into space; issues affecting women; cars against humanity; carbon offsets; sinister stories (on writing horror/evil); reimagining techno-optimism; tender; migration; gardening stories; and coin collecting. A few also publish creative work. Some have pitch/submission deadlines specified, but some do…

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10 Fiction Markets Paying $50 to $600 for May 2022

May 11, 2022

These markets pay $50 to $600 for fiction; one of them pays more for novella-length work. A few also accept other genres, like non-fiction and poetry. – S. Kalekar Sylvia They publish fiction, non-fiction, and poetry “for every season”. “We are looking for nature-inspired pieces for summer, autumn and winter. We are leaning into our…

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33 Calls for Pitches Directly from Editors

May 11, 2022

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest roundup of calls for writers — directly from editors, covering a wide variety of themes and topics. Please carefully study the publication before contacting the editor. When writing your pitch, be sure to: Carefully study the publication, to get a sense of their style Have a clear idea of where…

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14 Calls for Pitches Directly from Editors

May 4, 2022

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest roundup of calls for writers — directly from editors, covering a wide variety of themes and topics. Please carefully study the publication before contacting the editor. When writing your pitch, be sure to: Carefully study the publication, to get a sense of their style Have a clear idea of where…

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11 Full Time Jobs for Writers

May 4, 2022

Dear Writers, Here’s our latest roundup of traditional jobs for writers, including editing jobs, journalism, copywriting jobs, marketing jobs, and more. – Jacob Jans   Thanks to Fatima Saif for compiling this list. Wells Fargo is a financial services company. They are looking for a Digital Copywriter to join their in-house agency. The successful applicant…

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Interview with Tamara Jeffries, Senior Editor at Yoga Journal

April 29, 2022

Tamara Jeffries, Senior Editor at Yoga Journal, writes, assigns and edits feature packages and articles for the print magazine, and digital stories for the publication. Tamara spoke with Viney Kirpal, health and personal essay freelance writer recently.. VK: Thanks, Tamara for this interview. What’s the inspiration behind this international journal on yoga? How do you…

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