Brilliant Flash Fiction

06/07/2026

Sign up for the Poetry Marathon here: https://forms.gle/DtvrhvJzfA4hhE6a7 ✨

05/22/2026

History Through Fiction’s 2026 contest invites unpublished historical stories, offering cash prizes, publication, and feedback.

05/14/2026

Lit Mags with more than 25% acceptance rate: https://authorspublish.com/27-approachable-literary-journals/ ✨

If you are just starting to submit your work to literary journals, or perhaps you just want to avoid rejection, this list is for you. A number of really wonderful, established and respected poets who have been published in the most prestigious journals, that started by submitting to approachable journals.

05/12/2026

05/12/2026

Our First Chapters Contest is open until June 28!

—Winner receives a $2,000 award and a full manuscript critique by Artful Editor.
—Guest judged by Deb Olin Unferth.
—All winners receive an agent query workshop by Annalise Errico of Ladderbird Literary Agency.
—$20 reading fee. (Submissions to our six craft & creative sections are always open, always free, and always paid semipro to pro rates.)

Learn more: https://craft.submittable.com/submit/353595/craft-2026-first-chapters-contest-guest-judge-deb-olin-unferth

05/11/2026

The signal.