Publishing Opportunities…Prudence Dispatch – Poetry – Buoyancy – May 31Prairie Fire – Prose & Poetry – General (see guidelines) – May 31 (note: snail mail, email with prior approval)Thimble Lit – Prose & Poetry – June 30Flash Phantoms – Prose (flash) – Horror – Year-round submissions Industry shifts…Staffers at the University of Chicago Press have joined the Chicago News…

Publishing Opportunities…Encyclopedia Prismatica – Prose & Poetry – Suffering – May 8Unbound Ink – Prose & Poetry – General – May 15Unsolicited Press – Prose & Poetry – Peace – May 15Superpresent – Prose & Poetry – Mapping – June 15 Think twice… This week an author in the SYWW community asked us to share their experience with Austin…

Publishing Opportunities…delicate emissions – Poetry – General (see guidelines on format) – May 15Wild Lot Press – Prose (CNF) – Nightness – May 31 (contest)Jambu Press: The Veena – Poetry – Healing Waters – June 10 (submission fee)Fahmidan Journal – Poetry & Prose – General – June 15 Support a fellow author…If you’re in the Mississauga, Ontario area on…

Unfortunately due to a family medical emergency, the High Five needs to take a short break. The High Five will return next Friday!

Group sessions have wrapped up (for now!), but one-on-one coaching is still available from our expert agents and authors. Sign up to have your writing or query letter critiqued, or to gain insight into the industry and your career. Writing sprints are now taking place on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm ET. Come join us for 2 hours…

Publishing Opportunities Little Fruits – Prose – Pink Moon – April 7 (window from April 1-7) Radix – Prose – Futures – April 30 (submission fee, limited waivers available) Blood Tree Literature – Prose & Poetry Contest – April 30 (submission fee) Faoileánach Journal – Prose & Poetry – Augural – April 30 Film-worthy titles… The 2026 Oscars have come…